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The nomination of John Lowery to take the place of his brother, Jarrod, in the North Carolina House of Representatives comes during what could be a pivotal time if Republicans want to override any vetoes from Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 @ 4:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After a prolonged morning of leadership elections, the Republican caucus of the North Carolina House of Representatives affirmed by acclimation Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, to lead the chamber as the Speaker of the House for the next biennium.
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 @ 11:41 am
By: Kevin Smith
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North Carolina Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry has served as interim speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives since Oct. 3 after former speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, was ousted.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 8:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Jason Saine, R-Lincoln, sat down with CJ reporter Alex Baltzegar to discuss his run to be the next speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 @ 6:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. John Bell, R-Wayne, sits down with CJ Political Reporter Alex Baltzegar to discuss his bid to be speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Published: Saturday, December 16th, 2023 @ 2:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the North Carolina House of Representatives gave bipartisan approval to House Resolution 897, which extends support for the nation of Israel in light of the recent attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians.
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 12:24 am
By: ENC NOW
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Raleigh, NC – Today, the North Carolina House of Representatives gave bipartisan approval to House Resolution 897, which extends support for the nation of Israel in light of the recent attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 7:57 am
By: ENC NOW
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Today the North Carolina House of Representatives voted to override the Governor’s veto of SB 20, the "Care for Women, Children, and Families Act."
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 2:23 am
By: ENC NOW
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Republicans Now Have 25 Supermajorities In House And Senate Chambers Nationwide
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2023 @ 12:32 am
By: ENC NOW
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Dobson will have served 14 consecutive years in three different offices when his term ends in 2024, first as a McDowell County commissioner, then as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, and as the Commissioner of Labor.
Published: Saturday, December 31st, 2022 @ 11:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With the North Carolina House of Representatives today considering a bill to mandate that no voter be denied the ability to vote in the uniform required by their job
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2022 @ 11:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A member of the North Carolina House of Representatives has proposed a bill that would allocate $10,112 from the general fund to NC State University’s College of Natural Resources in order to promote diversity in the game of Pickleball.
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2022 @ 10:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Senator Chuck Edwards, Republican candidate for Congress, announced today that former Hendersonville City Councilman and former NC-11 Republican nominee Jeff Miller has endorsed his candidacy for the US House of Representatives.
Published: Thursday, February 24th, 2022 @ 7:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Monday morning issued an order temporarily suspending candidate filing for all U.S House of Representatives, N.C. Senate, and N.C. House contests.
Published: Monday, December 6th, 2021 @ 1:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With dozens of veterans looking on in the House Gallery, the North Carolina House of Representatives voted 100-5 on Wednesday to approve bipartisan legislation to eliminate the state income tax on military retirement pay.
Published: Thursday, June 24th, 2021 @ 12:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, North Carolina’s Republican delegation in the United States House of Representatives sent a letter to the Biden Administration demanding answers for recent reports of illegal, COVID-positive migrants being bussed from Texas to North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, March 13th, 2021 @ 8:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley released the following statement in response to the impeachment vote in the House of Representatives
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2021 @ 2:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The speaker of North Carolina’s House of Representatives is set to make history next year.
Published: Wednesday, November 25th, 2020 @ 10:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, October 21, Madison Cawthorn, Republican candidate for the Eleventh District of North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives will be speaking at an Early Voting Rally.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2020 @ 2:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Three North Carolina members of the U.S. House of Representatives say they’ll back a bill giving states and localities flexibility under the CARES Act to replace lost tax money.
Published: Sunday, May 10th, 2020 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House of Representatives recently released their budget, and the Senate released their version of the budget last week.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 3:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, former Congresswoman Sue Myrick, the first Republican woman to serve North Carolina in the US House of Representatives, endorsed Dr. Joan Perry for Congress in the NC-3 Special Election
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 6:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Jones is a Democrat and a patriot. His priorities include education, healthcare, the environment, equality and fair wages.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 @ 2:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to initial voting returns, Republican legislators seem likely to keep clear control of the North Carolina General Assembly, losing one seat overall in the House of Representatives but gaining a seat in the Senate
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2016 @ 10:42 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On June 7, 2016, the State of North Carolina held its primary election for the North Carolina Supreme and Superior Court, as well as the United States House of Representatives
Published: Sunday, June 12th, 2016 @ 11:16 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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As speaker of North Carolina's House of Representatives, he presided over perhaps the most sharply conservative legislative swing that state residents have witnessed in modern times...
Published: Tuesday, April 19th, 2016 @ 7:14 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Late last month, Chief of School Nutrition Services for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Dr. Lynn Harvey appeared before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce...
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2015 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If leaders of the North Carolina House of Representatives are right that the state needs a 6.3 percent increase in General Fund spending for the coming year, then they were wrong two years ago when they helped craft an historic tax-reform package to boost North Carolina's economic competitiveness.
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2015 @ 3:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On March 26, several members of the North Carolina House of Representatives filed House Bill 348 - The NC Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The bill, with primary sponsors Rep. Jacqueline Michelle Shaffer and Rep. Dan Bishop, is one of several pieces of legislation nationwide that have...
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2015 @ 8:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A new rule adopted by the state House could mean that representatives would face fewer surprises at committee meetings, and members of the public with interest in specific legislation also could be better informed.
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2015 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement after the overwhelmingly bipartisan passage of a Medicaid reform bill (HB 1181) by the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Published: Thursday, July 3rd, 2014 @ 10:48 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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State Rep. Michael Wray, a Democrat from Gaston who serves as deputy minority leader in the state House of Representatives, owes more than $100,000 in past-due federal, state, and local taxes, according to public records on file in Northampton and Halifax Counties.
Published: Friday, June 27th, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina House released its budget plan for FY 2014-15, which would spend $21.09 billion. The total would be a 2.3 percent increase over the current fiscal year’s budget.
Published: Saturday, June 21st, 2014 @ 8:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Even though the Senate has yet to reject the House’s version of the 2014-15 general fund budget (final House passage came Friday, a day after senators left town), negotiators from both chambers will get to work this week hammering out a compromise of the $21.1 billion spending plan.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee adopted an amendment to include the Historic Rehabilitation Investment Program in the House budget.
Published: Friday, June 13th, 2014 @ 9:04 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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House budget proposal maintains lottery funds at $100M, includes phase out of Medicaid $500K benefitThe House released its initial budget proposal Tuesday, with appropriations subcommittees meeting for several hours to review and amend the proposed committee substitute by subject area.
Published: Friday, June 13th, 2014 @ 2:15 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted to pass a bill cosponsored by Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) that would increase the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) accountability to the VA Inspector General (IG).
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 5:02 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The small businesses already would be qualified for the 39 percent tax credit, spread out over seven years, on their investments.
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 12:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate is preparing to finalize a bill approved last year by the state's House of Representatives mandating more universal health insurance coverage for autism services.
Published: Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 @ 7:08 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Senate has just proposed its budget for the 2014-15 year, which begins July 1. This is the second in an annual series. First we had the governor's budget; now we have the Senate's; and the House of Representatives will follow soon.
Published: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014 @ 9:53 am
By: John William Pope Center
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On Thursday night at the Beaufort County Republican Club, former US Paratrooper Jeremy D. Adams announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for North Carolina House of Representatives District 6 which includes Dare, Hyde, Washington and the majority part of Beaufort County.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 12:02 pm
By: Jeremy D. Adams
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