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Newly minted Republican Rep. Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County is the primary sponsor of the House version of a bill that would dramatically expand school choice across North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 @ 10:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new N.C. House bill would expand administrative law judges' ability to kill state government rules.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 8:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The last puzzle pieces of a new budget are finally coming together, as both the House and the Senate passed the $25.9 billion budget for the biennium. It is now headed to Gov. Roy Cooper, who announced earlier this week that he intends to sign it.
Published: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @ 9:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bill into law: House Bill 196
Published: Sunday, March 14th, 2021 @ 1:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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State Representatives John Szoka (R-Cumberland), John Bell (R-Wayne), John Bradford (R-Mecklenburg) and Diane Wheatley (R-Cumberland) filed House Bill
Published: Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 @ 10:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper will sign the following bills into law: House Bill 1105 & 1 other
Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 @ 7:52 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following 24 bills into law: House Bill 1023 & 23 others
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2020 @ 10:06 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law: House Bill 902 & 4 others
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2020 @ 9:28 am
By: Governor's Office
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A new debt affordability study for North Carolina could throw cold water on plans by the House and Gov. Roy Cooper to pass a nearly $2 billion bond for public school construction.
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2019 @ 3:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A measure “throttling” the costliest new government regulations could have unintended consequences, critics say. For example, House Bill 162 might have stopped the General Assembly from forcing schools to collect vaccination reports on sixth-grade students.
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2018 @ 12:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last spring, Rep. Justin Burr, R-Stanly, filed a bill that would establish new judicial and prosecutorial districts throughout the state and specify the number of judges and prosecutors for each While House Bill 717 didn’t come to a vote during the regular session
Published: Friday, October 6th, 2017 @ 6:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Chris Millis says the renewable energy industry hoodwinked North Carolina about the costs of giving special deals to renewable producers, which exploded from an initial projection of less than $5 million to $1.6 billion in payouts through 2016
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 5:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Consumers are paying a lot more than they realize to prop up the renewable energy industry in North Carolina, even though a section of their bills supposedly lists the cost
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 @ 1:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While making calls for consensus, and saying “now is not the time to point fingers,” Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper renewed his challenge to the GOP-dominated legislature to repeal House Bill 2 and expand Medicaid during a Saturday morning inaugural address
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Freshman Republican legislator Greg Murphy's first legislative vote as a new state representative was a doozy: House Bill 2
Published: Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican Buck Newton and Democrat Josh Stein agreed on many topics during a debate by the attorney general candidates Tuesday night, but the dueling lawyers did it in sometimes disagreeable fashion on the details
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 @ 3:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Managed-lane opponents in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties aren't giving up after hearing the news that the Senate will allow the General Assembly to adjourn without taking up House Bill 954, a measure canceling the Interstate 77 high-occupancy or toll lanes project
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 2:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the economic collapse of the last decade brought on largely due to the bursting of the housing bubble, does anybody still think it a good idea for government to encourage investments in "underserved" populations
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 11:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Opponents of the state's preferential treatment of renewable energy sources said North Carolina ratepayers should be relieved by the passage of House Bill 760 by a 77-32 vote on Wednesday after numerous delays, repeated compromises, and contentious debate.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 @ 1:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When two politically connected men began building new houses in 2013 on an island Dare County resident Bill Boykin purchased in 1997, Boykin concluded the chain of events leading up to the construction didn't pass the smell test.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 @ 3:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Republicans are taking another whack at ending subsidies attached to government-mandated purchases of renewable energy. House Bill 681 would require solar and other "green" power to compete with traditional fuel sources in the government-regulated electricity industry and determine the energy
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2015 @ 12:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thank you to Rep. Michael Speciale and Rep. John Torbett for filing House Bill #93. Rep. Speciale and Torbett are the primary sponsors. Further, Representatives John Bell, Becky Carney, George Graham, Pricey Harrison, and coastal Representative Paul Tine have signed on as co-sponsors.
Published: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 1:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As often happens at the North Carolina General Assembly, the new fiscal year has begun with the House and Senate not yet finished with a budget-adjustment bill. Medicaid funding, teacher compensation, and a few other issues continue to divide the two chambers.
Published: Friday, July 4th, 2014 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina consumers would have saved $4.2 billion since 2007 if mandates on electric power utilities to purchase expensive renewable energy had not driven costs well above the U.S. average, said a nationally recognized energy and environmental policy analyst.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 2:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A leading opponent of building a major wind energy facility in Carteret County says it was a tourism-depressing, jobs-killing project that was defeated in spite of, not because of, a state law passed last year to regulate environmental impacts and avoid adverse health effects of...
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 1:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Automobile emissions inspections have been in the news recently as the N.C. Division of Air Quality held a public hearing over eliminating inspections for newer-model cars. The hearing related to last year's passage of House Bill 585, which exempts cars up to three model years old and under...
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2013 @ 2:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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You've heard it from the Left. You've heard it from the press and on TV. It's all over the Internet. The Voter Suppression Act. Disenfranchised voters. One of the nation's most restrictive voter ID laws. Sweeping. Controversial. Restrictive. Fiercely contested. Assault on democracy.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A contentious Senate committee hearing Wednesday on a bill to phase out multimillion-dollar state tax subsidies to select renewable energy
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2013 @ 9:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Critics of school vouchers have been out in force recently, particularly in the pages of the News & Observer. For example, last week Yevonne Brannon and Nick Rhodes...
Published: Sunday, April 28th, 2013 @ 2:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Representative Paul Tine along with Representatives Hamilton (D - New Hanover), Iler (R - Brunswick), and Dockham (R - Davidson) submitted House Bill 519 Property Insurance Rate Making Reform this week.
Published: Sunday, April 7th, 2013 @ 12:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new tool to help the big boys avoid paying taxes on personal property has been approved by this short session of the legislature. It started with the sudden introduction of House Bill 462 titled "Contingency Audits/Assessments".
Published: Thursday, August 16th, 2012 @ 4:19 am
By: Hood Richardson
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