Negotiations between Republican legislative budget-writers will now begin in earnest after the Senate completed voting Friday for its version of a two-year spending plan for North Carolina government. The chamber voted 30-16 for...
Read MoreThe North Carolina Senate tentatively agreed Thursday to a state spending plan for the next two years written by Republicans, who kept to their decade-old formula of budgets with tax cuts, tempered spending growth and money...
Read MoreThis year’s favored tax package for Republicans at the North Carolina General Assembly has received preliminary Senate approval. The proposal, which advanced in a near party-line 26-19 vote on Thursday, is almost identical...
Read MoreNorth Carolina legislators were not just sneaky when they took surprise action and cut Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s powers before he took office, they violated the state constitution, plaintiffs told a state appeals panel...
Read MoreNorth Carolina would further expand school choice programs and increase the number of people who could have criminal records erased under bills that won Senate approval Wednesday as lawmakers passed a key milestone during their...
Read MoreThe North Carolina General Assembly has almost completed its biennial process of separating policy legislation between those with a chance of becoming law and those probably going back to the drawing board. Senate and House...
Read MoreNorth Carolina House members sound ready to go after telemarketers who try to get people to pick up their phones by making it appear the caller is someone they know. The House voted unanimously on Friday for legislation designed...
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North Carolina legislators are re-electing current members of the state university system’s...
Read MoreThe North Carolina Court of Appeals should remain at 15 judges with legislation now heading to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk that repeals a 2017 law Republicans pushed that would reduce its seats to 12. The House gave...
Read MoreWith the North Carolina General Assembly back in session, advocacy organization NC Child is fighting to make sure lawmakers keep the children of North Carolina in mind. They recently released their 2019 Opportunity Workplan,...
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