Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations Subcommittee on Hurricane Response and Recovery will meet Tuesday, January 23 at 10 a.m.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 8:09 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina state budget, recently enacted, expanded the powers of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, a body that has been in existence since 1975.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 5:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The budget our legislature has passed is the cherry on top of the upside-down power grab cake our lawmakers have been baking since January.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 12:11 am
By: Tom Campbell
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House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) has been appointed by Speaker of the House Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) to serve as Co-Chair of the newly formed Subcommittee on Hurricane Response and Recovery under the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The General Assembly did not meet to take public votes this week.
Published: Monday, February 7th, 2022 @ 5:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Outgoing N.C. Health Secretary Mandy Cohen told lawmakers recently that schools could still close in the event of a COVID infection surge this winter.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 5:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Leadership or staff from the company contracted to operate the state’s liquor warehouse and delivery system won’t meet with lawmakers to explain why N.C. ABC stores around the state have so many empty shelves.
Published: Saturday, December 4th, 2021 @ 7:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Spiritous liquor is still in short supply in ABC stores across the state, and supply still isn’t keeping up with demand. Republican lawmakers say things are getting even worse.
Published: Saturday, November 6th, 2021 @ 10:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Leaders of the North Carolina High School Athletics Association are scheduled to testify before the newly created, Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations Subcommittee on Interscholastic Athletic
Published: Monday, April 19th, 2021 @ 9:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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What do Democrats Josh Stein and Cal Cunningham have in common?
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 12:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Liberal incumbent career politician Josh Stein has been silent on Cal Cunningham’s extramarital affairs and whether or not he supports appearing alongside him on the Democrat ticket in two weeks.
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2020 @ 9:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In response to a public records request, a document Gov. Roy Cooper said was an email appears to be something else.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 3:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Duke Energy lobbyist said Gov. Roy Cooper’s senior policy adviser, Ken Eudy, wasn’t truthful when making statements to a legislative committee investigating the Cooper administration’s role in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project and an associated $57.8 million discretionary fund.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 @ 4:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Did Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration require operators of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to provide Cooper a $57.8-milion “mitigation fund” before the state would approve the portion of the pipeline heading through North Carolina?
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 @ 4:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A legislative investigation into the permit process for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a sham, say representatives of Gov. Roy Cooper.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2019 @ 10:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans leading today’s ACP meeting claimed that this whole event was happening because of “obfuscation.”
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 5:45 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Legislators looking into how Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration handled an environmental permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have asked Cooper and three of his top staffers to testify in Raleigh at a legislative committee meeting Friday, Nov. 8.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 12:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In North Carolina, the legislative branch oversees the operations of the executive branch. Not the other way around
Published: Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 @ 11:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A team of former federal special agents with a rich background investigating public corruption and fraud will dig through documents and interview members of Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration to determine whether his $57.8 million Atlantic Coast Pipeline discretionary fund was a political pay-to-play
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 11:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A legislative panel is hiring a special outside investigator to get answers from Gov. Roy Cooper about his creation of a $57.8 million discretionary fund tied to payments from Atlantic Coast Pipeline partners
Published: Saturday, November 17th, 2018 @ 9:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A special legislative investigative panel wants to know if Gov. Roy Cooper was in line to benefit personally from solar energy companies by creating a $57.8 million "slush fund" paid for by Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers.
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2018 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Did state approval of the North Carolina segment of the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline depend on Gov. Roy Cooper's administration securing a $57.8-million discretionary "mitigation fund" with the pipeline operators
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 7:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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From the time it was announced in January, the agreement between Gov. Roy Cooper and the companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline invited questions about its constitutionality, legality, and practicality
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 2:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican legislative leaders fear more lawsuits and constitutional showdowns with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will occur if, in their view, he keeps stepping on their control over state revenues
Published: Friday, September 7th, 2018 @ 5:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University is one of eight UNC system schools identified to create and operate a laboratory school to help under-achieving elementary students perform better.
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2016 @ 5:15 am
By: ECU News Services
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Lawmakers spent two hours Wednesday grilling the state budget director and the public safety secretary over the extension of a prison maintenance contract by a contractor.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 1:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The UNC Board of Governors rightly recognizes gaps in its knowledge of the law - and admits its need for coaching on the subject, said Jonathan Jones, director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition and Sunshine Center at Elon University.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 5:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even though Gov. Pat McCrory has said the tolling project along the Interstate 77 corridor north of Charlotte will go forward, it faces a challenge to its constitutionality, as well as allegations the contractor did not meet full-disclosure requirements.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 4:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An amended version of the regulatory reform bill (HB 760), sponsored by Reps. Chris Millis (R-Pender), John R. Bell IV (R-Wayne), and Dennis Riddell (R-Alamance), would make several changes that would protect electricity consumers in North Carolina from unnecessary price increases.
Published: Sunday, May 10th, 2015 @ 8:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory's coal ash clash with the General Assembly to determine the framework of North Carolina government is an important fight, but is unlikely to influence voters' decisions in the Nov. 4 general election, political analysts say
Published: Thursday, September 11th, 2014 @ 6:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State officials are scrambling to close a Medicaid shortfall that could be as high as a quarter-billion dollars, or risk being unable to deliver services to recipients and make payments to providers.
Published: Thursday, April 26th, 2012 @ 9:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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