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will leftie Gov. Stein sign or veto?
Published: Friday, June 13th, 2025 @ 3:41 pm
By: John Steed
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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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On Wednesday, both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly overrode six of Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, a new record, ensuring the bills become law despite Cooper’s objections.
Published: Friday, November 17th, 2023 @ 12:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement on the General Assembly's passage of Senate Bill 747 Elections Law Changes
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2023 @ 11:58 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Republican leaders in the General Assembly are running a number of bills meant to shore up election integrity in North Carolina after a series of similar measures fell prey to Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto pin last session.
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2023 @ 1:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the General Assembly continued working at a fast pace this week, moving bills quickly through committee and floor votes, in an effort to meet their self-imposed July 1 adjournment deadline.
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The General Assembly has two firearm bills on the calendar for March 9. H.B. 48 and H.B. 49 should pass the House on March 10.
Published: Saturday, March 13th, 2021 @ 10:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers in the General Assembly have filed a series of bills that would exempt counties they represent from some or all of Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID restrictions.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 10:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly passed two bills to deal with fallout from COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 @ 12:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democratic lawmakers want the General Assembly to act on a pair of gun-control bills.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 11:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2019-20 General Assembly session is well under way. Bills are being filed and committees are meeting, but the attention will soon fall on the biennial budget, which the governor introduced this week and included new and expanded spending, including a 9.1 percent raise for teachers
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The NC General Assembly schedule will be accelerating next week. Chairmen are scheduling their Committee meetings. Legislators are working with the Bill Drafting Division to draft and file bills
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 10:12 am
By: S. Henri McClees
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There is no shortage of activity in the North Carolina General Assembly. While most capitol watchers are focused on the short session's main responsibility, developing and passing a state budget.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 @ 1:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The NC General Assembly was shut down for about two weeks due to snow and other bad weather. The Bill submission deadline was not extended due to the weather, so we are jumping through hoops now to get our Bills into Bill Drafting before the submission deadline on March 18th.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 10:51 pm
By: Michael Speciale
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On Wednesday, May 14, the North Carolina General Assembly will reconvene at noon for what is called the "short session." One thing that people may not realize about the short session is there are crossover bills that will be eligible to be considered.
Published: Friday, January 10th, 2014 @ 8:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The General Assembly is three months into the long session. More than 1,700 bills have been filed with fewer than 50 (as of this writing) now law.
Published: Thursday, May 9th, 2013 @ 7:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Josh Stein (D-Wake) and the Crayon Corps at McClatchy-Raleigh are really, really peeved at Sen. Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2013 @ 4:18 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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As North Carolina continues to struggle with one of the worst unemployment rates in the country, many families are finding ways to trim their household budget. But how many of you would think that adding an expensive cable channel that nobody watches would count as tightening your budget?
Published: Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 @ 4:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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