On Tuesday, the North Carolina General Assembly overrode five bills that had been vetoed by Governor Roy Cooper. Since the legislature held its first override vote in March, there have been a total of 19 veto overrides this year.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 2:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Supreme Court unveiled a formal ethics code this week amid scrutiny from the media and Congress over concerns that the justices have failed to properly disclose gifts and did not recuse themselves in cases in which they might have a conflict of interest.
Published: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 11:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) shared a novel approach to keeping the federal government funded while a politically-divided Congress works to reach an agreement on spending legislation.
Published: Saturday, November 18th, 2023 @ 1:46 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Last week, U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, voted to advance the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the Senate floor as it passed the Senate’s Armed Services Committee markups.
Published: Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 @ 6:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina House passed a bill that would transfer some appointment powers from the governor to other members of the executive branch and the General Assembly.
Published: Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 @ 9:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This will put average teacher pay in North Carolina at $59,121 by the end of FY 2024–25.
Published: Wednesday, June 21st, 2023 @ 8:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday afternoon, not even 48 hours after announcing their intent to pass an extreme abortion ban, legislative Republicans approved sweeping legislation that bypassed the standard committee process and any meaningful input from medical experts or the public.
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 8:01 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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No strings attached, to the highly profitable microchip industry
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 5:39 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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The General Assembly has voted to adjourn on Friday, July 1 to a date certain, meaning the 2021-2023 legislative biennium will not formally come to an end on Friday.
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 8:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The General Assembly continued taking up significant, and at times controversial, policy items this week.
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2022 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's much easier for unelected bureaucrats to make rules than for elected legislators to pass laws, and that's a problem
Published: Saturday, March 5th, 2022 @ 3:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2021 session of the General Assembly began in January, as the world was entering its second year of the pandemic. The hope was the COVID fog would lift, allowing a return to normalcy, at least in a relative sense, and that lawmakers could go about business as usual.
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 3:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The reasoning behind the bill, as laid out in the bill’s language, is that “too many North Carolina citizens have no or inadequate savings for retirement.”
Published: Friday, November 26th, 2021 @ 8:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican budget writers in the General Assembly are bristling after the judge in the long-running Leandro school funding case set an arbitrary deadline of Oct. 18 for lawmakers to fund the court-ordered plan.
Published: Monday, October 25th, 2021 @ 4:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When our General Assembly convened January 13th for the 2021 session, they had two main tasks: passing a state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and drawing new districts for congressional, legislative and local governments.
Published: Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 @ 12:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Mask wars have once again erupted in Buncombe County after the school board voted during a specially called meeting last week, without public comment, to require all students and staff to wear masks while inside, regardless of vaccination status.
Published: Tuesday, September 14th, 2021 @ 11:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate passed a bill Monday, Aug. 9, that would make two updates to the state's charter school law.
Published: Sunday, August 29th, 2021 @ 5:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. State Board of Education has OK’ed the final round of “unpacking documents” for new controversial social studies standards for K-12 public schools.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 5:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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At least one local board of education has voted to delay controversial new social studies standards that emphasize race and gender in teaching U.S. history and civics.
Published: Thursday, July 15th, 2021 @ 4:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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"This surplus came largely out of the pockets of North Carolina citizens and they deserve to see some of it returned to them."
Published: Sunday, June 27th, 2021 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Experts say North Carolina will be on the vanguard of emerging technologies in the insurance and financial products sector if a bill that has passed both chambers of the General Assembly becomes law.
Published: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 @ 5:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Jim Geraghty of National Review Online argues that President Biden’s first 40 days in office raise questions about his centrist sympathies and competence.
Published: Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 @ 2:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It will now go for negotiation where a better bill could be worked out.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2020 @ 8:17 am
By: LifeZette
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The General Assembly met yesterday for a one-day session on the state budget.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2020 @ 2:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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General Assembly would have to modify resolution for next week's session or call separate session to schedule overrides before January
Published: Thursday, November 14th, 2019 @ 9:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Bill 537 creates a $20 million loan program, which will funnel taxpayer dollars to distressed rural hospitals.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 @ 6:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2019 legislative session won’t end until 2020.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2019 @ 12:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 3:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly is one step closer to settling the smokable hemp dispute after months of deliberation.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2019 @ 8:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers have reached a compromise on smokable hemp, but their agreement may not make everyone in the hemp community happy. For now.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2019 @ 11:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Hometown Debate Series concluded Thursday, Oct. 17, in Henderson, as legislators and policy advocates debated the delivery of medical services.
Published: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 @ 10:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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