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North Carolina’s state and American flags are at half-staff Monday in honor of former state Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, who passed away Saturday at the age of 82.
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2023 @ 8:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the General Assembly scrambles to adjourn, the Senate made another stab at getting money to failing rural hospitals.
Published: Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 @ 1:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While the fighting over Medicaid and the state budget persists, Republicans’s effort to save rural hospitals with a state-funded loan program will move forward.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2019 @ 12:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, wants to throw a lifeline to as many as 20 rural hospitals that are headed toward insolvency.
Published: Monday, July 8th, 2019 @ 8:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate/Higher Education Committee on Wednesday, June 5, approved the bill, introduced in the Senate as S.B. 290. It passed the House, 88-24, April 16.
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 @ 9:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Much of the commentary surrounding the recent born-alive abortion-survivors bill assumes the issue is dead.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 12:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Education Committee Backs Bills Regarding Read to Achieve, Retired Teachers, and Testing CutsWednesday was a busy day for the Senate Education Committee, which approved six bills during its April 17 meeting. Three of them directly affect K-12 education.
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2019 @ 1:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Despite objections from Democrats, the Senate Rules Committee passed a bill giving charter schools another avenue for approval of private bonds to pay for or refinance their facilities.
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2019 @ 10:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Just one out of every four millennials demonstrates basic financial literacy.
Published: Thursday, May 9th, 2019 @ 11:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state would bypass local school districts and give each N.C. public school teacher access to $400 for classroom supplies under a bill unveiled Wednesday, April 3.
Published: Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 @ 11:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Chris Anglin was a relatively unknown late addition to a state Supreme Court race.
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly sent Gov. Roy Cooper a bill changing how proposed constitutional amendments will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 2:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Republican-led General Assembly seemed poised to cut the top income-tax rate the state can charge, but the House and Senate can't agree on what that rate should be
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2018 @ 11:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senators voted 32-14 after testy debate on Wednesday, June 27, to pass House Bill 913, which creates a Bipartisan Board of Ethics and Elections Enforcement
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2018 @ 12:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters will decide this fall whether North Carolina taxpayers should receive protection in the state constitution against the state taxing more than 7 percent of their personal income
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2018 @ 1:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate gave tentative approval to House Bill 1092, a constitutional amendment requiring photo identification to vote in North Carolina elections
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2018 @ 12:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 514, which would allow four cities in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district to create and run their own charter schools, passed its initial vote in the Senate, 30-20
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 4:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill allowing a few towns to operate their own charter schools is closer to becoming law
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 12:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House Select Committee on School Safety has announced plans to appropriate $35 million for a bevy of school safety measures in the upcoming budget
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative leaders will boost tax-paid subsidies available in the $23.9 billion 2018-19 budget proposal to induce multibillion-dollar corporations to locate in the state
Published: Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 @ 10:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State lawmakers who want to see more bang for North Carolina's education bucks ought to consider shifting more spending decisions to the local level
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, posed a question summing up the sometimes tense relationship between charter schools and traditional public schools
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 @ 9:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Flexibility was the word of the day in a meeting of the Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform
Published: Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 @ 9:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina already trails Virginia in claiming more than $92 million from a lawsuit settlement involving automaker Volkswagen. A constitutional separation-of-powers lawsuit filed by Gov. Roy Cooper against the General Assembly could add to the delays
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 @ 3:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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No discussion. No debate. No drama. A lopsided vote
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 8:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, has a reputation for being plain-spoken
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2017 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As legislative Republicans return to Raleigh, additional tax reforms will be on their agenda
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2017 @ 3:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The way the General Assembly confirms Cabinet appointees, by invoking the Senate's constitutional authority, will mirror methods used in other states
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2017 @ 10:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What's on my Christmas list this year for educators, parents, students and taxpayers? Three simple goals: Expanding educational freedom, making our schools more efficient and accountable and enhancing transparency
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 @ 6:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, said the Senate will push again in the next legislative session to pass a constitutional amendment lowering the cap on the personal income tax rate from 10 percent to 5.5 percent.
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2016 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While teacher pay raises headlined education issues during North Carolina's 2016-17 legislative session, several other key policy changes were packed into the K-12 agenda, including measures that will provide performance-based bonuses for top educators across the state
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2016 @ 9:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is no shortage of activity in the North Carolina General Assembly. While most capitol watchers are focused on the short session's main responsibility, developing and passing a state budget.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 @ 1:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state Senate on Monday gave its initial approval to what Sen. Jerry Tillman called a "clean-up bill" for charter schools
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 @ 6:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you thought the debate over Common Core Standards was over; think again. It may be only starting - again
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 1:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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