North Carolina’s state and American flags are at half-staff Monday in honor of former state Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, who passed away Saturday at the age of 82.
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2023 @ 8:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly’s short session is almost over. Here’s a look at what happened this week
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2020 @ 12:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As the General Assembly scrambles to adjourn, the Senate made another stab at getting money to failing rural hospitals.
Published: Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 @ 1:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While the fighting over Medicaid and the state budget persists, Republicans’s effort to save rural hospitals with a state-funded loan program will move forward.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2019 @ 12:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, wants to throw a lifeline to as many as 20 rural hospitals that are headed toward insolvency.
Published: Monday, July 8th, 2019 @ 8:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate/Higher Education Committee on Wednesday, June 5, approved the bill, introduced in the Senate as S.B. 290. It passed the House, 88-24, April 16.
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 @ 9:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate approved the Tax Reduction Act of 2019 on a 28-13 vote on Monday, May 20, and sent it to the House. Last Thursday, the bill passed its initial vote by a 26-19 margin.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 @ 12:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate passed Senate Bill 622 Thursday, May 16, and Republicans project it will reduce individual and corporate taxes by $800 million over the next five years.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 8:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Much of the commentary surrounding the recent born-alive abortion-survivors bill assumes the issue is dead.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 12:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate Finance Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 622, the Tax Reduction Act of 2019, on Tuesday, May 14, and sent it to the Senate Rules Committee.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 2:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Education Committee Backs Bills Regarding Read to Achieve, Retired Teachers, and Testing CutsWednesday was a busy day for the Senate Education Committee, which approved six bills during its April 17 meeting. Three of them directly affect K-12 education.
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2019 @ 1:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Despite objections from Democrats, the Senate Rules Committee passed a bill giving charter schools another avenue for approval of private bonds to pay for or refinance their facilities.
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2019 @ 10:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Just one out of every four millennials demonstrates basic financial literacy.
Published: Thursday, May 9th, 2019 @ 11:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate Education Committee took action Wednesday, April 10, on a number of bills, including a law easing rules on welding and manufacturing internships.
Published: Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 @ 11:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state would bypass local school districts and give each N.C. public school teacher access to $400 for classroom supplies under a bill unveiled Wednesday, April 3.
Published: Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 @ 11:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina high schoolers may be required to pass a financial literacy course in order to graduate.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2019 @ 5:53 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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On November 6, an amendment to the North Carolina constitution requiring voters to present a photo identification for voting in person (the "Voter ID" amendment) passed with 55 percent support.
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 10:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Senate Finance Committee has approved Senate Bill 820, which would raise the amount of corporate handouts to large companies considering moving their headquarters to North Carolina
Published: Thursday, November 29th, 2018 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chris Anglin was a relatively unknown late addition to a state Supreme Court race.
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly sent Gov. Roy Cooper a bill changing how proposed constitutional amendments will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 2:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Republican-led General Assembly seemed poised to cut the top income-tax rate the state can charge, but the House and Senate can't agree on what that rate should be
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2018 @ 11:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senators voted 32-14 after testy debate on Wednesday, June 27, to pass House Bill 913, which creates a Bipartisan Board of Ethics and Elections Enforcement
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2018 @ 12:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters will decide this fall whether North Carolina taxpayers should receive protection in the state constitution against the state taxing more than 7 percent of their personal income
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2018 @ 1:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate gave tentative approval to House Bill 1092, a constitutional amendment requiring photo identification to vote in North Carolina elections
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2018 @ 12:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite repeated stern warnings from state Treasurer Dale Folwell, legislation adding $3 billion in state debt for unspecified transportation projects flew through House and Senate committees with bipartisan support
Published: Friday, June 15th, 2018 @ 10:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 514, which would allow four cities in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district to create and run their own charter schools, passed its initial vote in the Senate, 30-20
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 4:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill allowing a few towns to operate their own charter schools is closer to becoming law
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 12:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House Select Committee on School Safety has announced plans to appropriate $35 million for a bevy of school safety measures in the upcoming budget
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative leaders will boost tax-paid subsidies available in the $23.9 billion 2018-19 budget proposal to induce multibillion-dollar corporations to locate in the state
Published: Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 @ 10:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State lawmakers who want to see more bang for North Carolina's education bucks ought to consider shifting more spending decisions to the local level
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, posed a question summing up the sometimes tense relationship between charter schools and traditional public schools
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 @ 9:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Flexibility was the word of the day in a meeting of the Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform
Published: Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 @ 9:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina already trails Virginia in claiming more than $92 million from a lawsuit settlement involving automaker Volkswagen. A constitutional separation-of-powers lawsuit filed by Gov. Roy Cooper against the General Assembly could add to the delays
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 @ 3:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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No discussion. No debate. No drama. A lopsided vote
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 8:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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