Lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly have advanced legislation creating a statewide tracking system for sexual assault evidence kits. Identical bills receiving Senate approval and tentative House approval Thursday...
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed the state budget adjustments approved by the...
Read MoreBy law Gov. Roy Cooper has until early next week to decide what to do about the North Carolina budget adjustments on his desk, but he’s apparently ready to talk about them in public. Cooper scheduled a Raleigh news conference...
Read MoreThe General Assembly has given final legislative approval to North Carolina budget adjustments for the coming year. Now, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper must decide whether to again formally challenge Republicans with his veto stamp....
Read MoreNorth Carolina Republican legislators unveiled their budget proposal late on Memorial Day. Durham Democratic state senator Floyd McKissick said that in three lines the budget “placed in jeopardy the future funding of the light...
Read MoreA panel of North Carolina trial court judges has rejected arguments by a government reform group and local residents that a special session of the General Assembly violated the state constitution. The case centers on a December...
Read MoreThe North Carolina General Assembly is making quick work of approving adjustments to the second year of the two-year state government budget. House and Senate Republicans reached an agreement on a nearly $24 billion plan more...
Read MoreDemocratic legislative candidates plan to make school safety a fall campaign issue if Republicans won’t consider legislation that includes gun-control provisions backed by the Democratic governor. Rep. Graig Meyer of Orange...
Read MoreRepublicans in the North Carolina legislature are fast-tracking this year’s budget adjustments so quickly they’re preventing rank-and-file members — particularly Democrats — from formally offering their own changes. House and...
Read MoreThere’s more evidence North Carolina Republicans plan to skip some of the usual legislative process this year when making adjustments to the state budget. House Speaker Tim Moore announced Tuesday a formal list of Republican...
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