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In the final days of state budget negotiations, there was a pressurized hush around the legislative complex as lawmakers feuded over the sudden addition of legalizing four casinos to the nearly $30 billion state budget.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 9:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Swimmer Riley Gaines lobbied lawmakers on Wednesday to support the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act.
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2023 @ 1:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina House leaders have called a Health Committee meeting for first thing Thursday morning, June 23, 2022, to vote on a bill that would direct the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to develop a Medicaid Modernization Plan by December 15, 2022
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 @ 5:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has upheld a second-degree trespass conviction against left-wing activist the Rev. William Barber.
Published: Thursday, December 30th, 2021 @ 2:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House passed its district map proposal during evening sessions Tuesday, Nov. 2. The Senate is expected to vote on the N.C. House district map on Thursday. Redistricting maps do not go before Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, driving pressure on the legislative process by opposition groups.
Published: Thursday, November 25th, 2021 @ 1:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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For Tara Deane’s two youngest children, virtual learning has been a nightmare.
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2020 @ 9:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly is in session, but it’s unclear how long it may take lawmakers to deal with economic fallout caused by COVID-19.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 @ 11:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly has tough decisions to make, and little time to make them.
Published: Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 @ 11:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After a week of subcommittee meetings, full appropriation consideration, input from the finance side, two rare Friday sessions, and two full days of debate, on Friday, May 3, the House passed its $23.9 billion General Fund budget proposal.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 @ 2:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A sea of red shirts and picket signs flooded downtown Raleigh on Wednesday, May 1, and, for now, public opinion may be in their favor.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 1:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Once again teachers will descend on the state capital to call for more public school funding, Medicaid expansion, and a $15 minimum wage for all school workers.
Published: Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 @ 1:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers have a long recognized love-hate relationship with the media and lobbyists
Published: Saturday, July 7th, 2018 @ 8:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Republicans beat back several attempts Wednesday by Democrats to expand the regulatory scope of a bill dealing with the GenX contaminant dumped into the lower Cape Fear River region, as the measure passed 116-0.
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2018 @ 12:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper returned four bills to the North Carolina General Assembly without signature
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2017 @ 7:16 pm
By: Governor's Office
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After roughly two hours of debate, Thursday evening the Republican-led Senate passed a $22.9 billion General Fund budget for the 2017-19 fiscal cycle by an initial 34-15 party-line vote, more than the 30 votes that would be needed to override a veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper
Published: Sunday, May 21st, 2017 @ 9:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two numbers not mentioned during Tuesday's press conference rolling out the Senate budget for the next two fiscal years may be the most important: 30 and 72
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2017 @ 7:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A General Assembly subcommittee is looking at state property with an eye toward selling land and buildings the state owns but doesn't need, and seeing if it might save rent by moving from leased spaces to unused or underused state property.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The “conservative revolution” in Raleigh is telling us the state is so cash-poor that it can’t afford some vital road repairs and construction.
Published: Sunday, February 15th, 2015 @ 2:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A legal challenge to the General Assembly’s new rules on public use and behavior at the legislative complex could reshape public access and speech rights on public property all the way down to local governments.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 6:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Supporters of private school vouchers rallied Tuesday outside the Legislative Building urging lawmakers to lift the cap on the number of students eligible to receive the vouchers in the coming school year.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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New rules are in place at the Legislative Building, just in time for the short session's first Moral Monday protest. The Legislative Services Commission on Thursday adopted new rules seeking to clarify the definition of disruptive behavior. It's in an effort to address an opinion by a Wake County...
Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's always charming when two geriatric liberals attend the same event and come away with two very different accounts.
Published: Sunday, April 27th, 2014 @ 5:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Senate and House budget negotiators could be nearing an agreement on the state's $20 billion-plus General Fund spending plan.
Published: Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 @ 11:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eastern North Carolina Tea Party groups are coordinating efforts to have a presence in the halls and hearing sessions of the General Assembly every day it is in session.
Published: Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 @ 4:04 pm
By: BCN
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