Last week, Senate Bill 192 (Citations/Sheriffs Accept Faxes) legislation that I'm sponsoring unanimously passed in the House Judiciary IV Committee.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 3:43 am
By: Bill Cook
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The North Carolina Senate passed a balanced $21.47 billion state budget on Thursday, June 18, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 11:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A settlement agreement has been finalized today, Monday, June 15, 2015, which will allow the North Carolina Department of Transportation to replace the aging Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over the Oregon Inlet with a new parallel bridge.
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 @ 3:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, legislation urging all coastal community colleges to offer courses on commercial fishing and aquaculture was signed into law.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2015 @ 6:57 pm
By: Bill Cook
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The office of Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) released on Monday, June 08, 2015, a letter that he along with twenty two other State Senators signed pleading for assistance from the North Carolina Congressional Delegation with stabilizing Oregon Inlet.
Published: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 @ 12:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It was an honor and a privilege last week to welcome members of our armed forces - including men and women from North Carolina's National Guard - to the General Assembly as a part of our Military Appreciation Day.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 1:13 pm
By: Bill Cook
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The North Carolina Senate on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, passed Senate Bill 160 (Enhance Safety & Commerce for Ports/Inlets), legislation that addresses the issue of open and navigable channels at the state's inlets and ports.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 6:24 pm
By: Bill Cook
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A little more than two years ago, North Carolina had an albatross strangling our economy.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2015 @ 11:13 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Senate Bill 374 (Modify For-Hire License Logbook Requirement) a bill that I crafted passed unanimously in the Senate and the bill has been sent to the House. In this legislation, the for-hire coastal recreation fishing licenses are altered to a voluntary requirement.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 @ 3:22 pm
By: Bill Cook
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As the state tax filing deadline passed this week, the vast majority of North Carolinians will keep more of their own tax dollars due to policy decisions made by the Republican General Assembly during the past two legislative bienniums.
Published: Sunday, April 26th, 2015 @ 10:43 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Clark Twiddy, a Dare County resident, was elected by the Senate on Thursday, April 16, 2015 to serve on the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges for a term of six years.
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2015 @ 8:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week, Senate Bill 90 (Required Number of Operating Brake Lights), legislation that I'm sponsoring unanimously passed on the floor of the Senate on Thursday, April 02, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 @ 2:33 am
By: Bill Cook
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) is scheduled to be sworn in for a second term to the North Carolina State Senate.
Published: Thursday, January 1st, 2015 @ 11:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) issued the following statement today, Thursday, Dec. 04, 2014, after the North Carolina Board of Transportation released a draft of the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).
Published: Thursday, December 4th, 2014 @ 9:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) released the following statement after being declared the winner in this year’s midterm election.
Published: Thursday, November 6th, 2014 @ 12:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Education is the campaign focus as the North Carolina House District 118 race heads toward the finish line.
Published: Monday, November 3rd, 2014 @ 6:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cumberland County has grown accustomed to political theater, especially when it's engulfed by rumor and innuendo. And for the third straight state Senate election, the dirty drama has returned.
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 10:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is my pleasure to accept the endorsement from the North Carolina Troopers Association (NCTA).
Published: Sunday, October 26th, 2014 @ 1:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) recently announced their endorsement of supporting my re-election campaign to the North Carolina State Senate for District 1.
Published: Friday, October 17th, 2014 @ 5:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Chamber announced yesterday their endorsement supporting my re-election bid to the North Carolina State Senate for District 1.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 5:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I presented Senate Bill - SB 788, to the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, July 15, 2014.
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 1:07 pm
By: Bill Cook
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At this time, the budget is still under discussion at the North Carolina General Assembly. The Senate offered a compromise to the House of $171 million to be earmarked toward their top priorities of Medicaid and teacher assistants.
Published: Sunday, July 13th, 2014 @ 12:40 pm
By: Bill Cook
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The National Resources Defense Council, who is sponsoring a 'hit piece' slam on NC Senator Bill Cook, may want to save the Polar Bears, but they don't mind taking property that is not theirs, and in this case mine.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 9:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Freshman state Rep. Dana Bumgardner of Gastonia and longtime Gaston County Commissioner Michael Allen "Mickey" Price of Belmont have similar platforms on education, tax reform, Medicaid, teacher tenure, and merit pay for teachers.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 4:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last year, the General Assembly passed a comprehensive law to require a photo ID at the polls and to reform North Carolina's outdated election code, which hadn't been changed in decades.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 7:22 pm
By: Bill Cook
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The meeting will allow Sen. Cook to hear from his constituents on the recent implementation of Common Core Standards in the N.C. Public School System.
Published: Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 @ 1:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Voters in the May 6 Republican primary for state House District 15 will choose between incumbent Phil Shepard, a two-term legislator who is a minister and civil service retiree, and Jim Morton, a farmer and retired educator running primarily on parochial issues.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The generation gap between Republican primary election candidates for the 14th District of the N.C. House of Representatives may not be the biggest difference between them, incumbent Rep. George Cleveland says.
Published: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014 @ 4:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sen. Bill Cook (R-District 1) announced today his support for a plan unveiled by Gov. Pat McCrory, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis to make North Carolina’s starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 11:47 am
By: Bill Cook
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) is scheduled to hold a town hall meeting in Washington N.C., on Monday, Feb. 03, at 6:30 p.m.
Published: Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 @ 4:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina State Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) announced on Monday, Jan. 6, that he will seek re-election during a press conference held on the Beaufort County Courthouse steps.
Published: Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 @ 6:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bill Cook, the hardest working politician I have ever met, has prevailed in the recount to win the right to represent the good people of northeastern North Carolina in North Carolina Senate District 1.
Published: Friday, November 16th, 2012 @ 8:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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