|
On Wednesday, the North Carolina House passed a bill requiring students at state universities to take a three-credit hour course on the U.S. Constitution and other founding documents by a vote of 69-47.
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 @ 8:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
State and local governments in North Carolina would be barred from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for employees or students under a bill passed March 21 by the House Health Committee.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 11:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
Fayetteville’s Dr. Dickson Schaefer is working as hard as he can, but his Cumberland County waiting room keeps filling back up.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 9:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
“This bill does not change what history can and cannot be taught. It simply prevents schools from endorsing discriminatory concepts," said Rep. John Torbett, R-Gaston.
Published: Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 @ 12:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
House Bill 370, No Veteran Left Behind Act, on Tuesday, April 13, cleared the House Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee.
Published: Friday, April 16th, 2021 @ 9:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
A Senate bill to ensure visitation rights for hospital patients passed the House unanimously Thursday, June 25.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2020 @ 3:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
The House voted to pass a resolution confirming the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump and outlining the “rules” that will govern the House Intelligence Committee’s fact-finding process, even though that process has already begun.
Published: Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 @ 3:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
|
|
House Bill 536, ABC Omnibus Regulatory Reform, cleared the N.C. House, 91-24, on Tuesday, July 9, and was sent to the Senate.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 2:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
The state House passed a bill Wednesday, April 3, limiting State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s plans to make the State Health Plan more solvent. But the bill may not get a hearing in the Senate, letting Folwell move forward.
Published: Saturday, April 20th, 2019 @ 1:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
The bill removed student IDs as an acceptable photo ID for casting ballots. The first time university-issued student identification and state agency employee IDs could be used to vote would be 2021
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 3:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
The House K-12 Education committee OK'd the statewide school construction bond bill, but questioned the formula used to decide how much each county would get for school construction
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2019 @ 12:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
North Carolina is one step closer toward raising the age for juvenile offenders
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2017 @ 5:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
House members on April 26 passed House Bill 527, Restore/Preserve Campus Free Speech, but not without some partisan sparring over the necessity of the legislation
Published: Friday, April 28th, 2017 @ 3:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Here's a recount of the twists and turns of House Bill 2, the infamous "bathroom bill."
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 @ 11:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
A federal bill that would require colleges and universities to provide applicants information about the costs and returns of higher education was approved on Monday by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2016 @ 4:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
While North Carolinians celebrate our country's Independence Day this weekend, the Burr campaign will remind those taking part in the festivities of Deborah Ross' defense of burning the American flag
Published: Saturday, July 2nd, 2016 @ 11:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
By a 60-49 vote, the state House on Thursday passed a bill that would temporarily remove five of North Carolina's lowest-performing public schools from their districts, placing them instead under the supervision of an Achievement School District
Published: Saturday, June 4th, 2016 @ 6:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
A bill regulating "transportation network companies" such as Uber and Lyft at the state level cleared the House Finance Committee Thursday, putting it one step closer to becoming law.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2015 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Saturday, July 26th, 2014 @ 3:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
The state House Thursday struck a blow for broad regulatory reform. Senate Bill 112 seeks to streamline the rulemaking process, protect grandfathered zoning decisions, prohibit zoning protest petitions, and remove industrial commissioners from state personnel protections. The bill also would...
Published: Saturday, July 13th, 2013 @ 7:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
House Republicans presented a newly minted version of a Senate bill to transfer ownership of Charlotte Douglas International Airport from the City...
Published: Friday, June 7th, 2013 @ 9:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Following nearly three years of debate, the state House Wednesday gave its approval to a bill requiring North Carolina voters to provide photo identification...
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 12:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
The state House Thursday gave its final approval to a Good Samaritan law, a change in state law that would provide limited immunity from prosecution for people who summon medical help for a person who overdoses on drugs.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2013 @ 1:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
The state House has said cheers to a compromise beer distributorship agreement that will make changes to the state's decades-old beer franchise law.
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2012 @ 10:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|