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A total of seven laws enacted during the 2023 General Assembly session took effect on July 1st.
Published: Friday, September 22nd, 2023 @ 5:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The United States Senate unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would make June 19, known as “Juneteenth,” a federal holiday.
Published: Friday, July 2nd, 2021 @ 1:32 am
By: Daily Wire
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper vetoed the following bill: Senate Bill 168
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2020 @ 4:57 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the the following bill into law: Senate Bill 560
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 9:51 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A bill N.C. craft distillers see as a game-changer regarding how they do business and how they can grow their businesses is headed to the governor.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 @ 12:57 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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The Senate passed Senate Bill 622 Thursday, May 16, and Republicans project it will reduce individual and corporate taxes by $800 million over the next five years.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 8:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A pair of alcohol-related bills sailed through the N.C. House on Tuesday, April 16, without debate.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2019 @ 6:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Continuing our strong record of eliminating and simplifying job-killing rules, both the Senate and House of Representatives voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes of House Bill 56 and Senate Bill 16 this past week
Published: Saturday, October 7th, 2017 @ 9:57 pm
By: Bill Cook
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On June 2 and 3, 2016, the NC Senate passed the Sixth Edition of House Bill #1030, which is its version of the 2016 Appropriations Act. The two versions of the Budget bill have several important differences.
Published: Tuesday, June 7th, 2016 @ 12:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) and Senator Norman W. Sanderson (R-District 2) filed Senate Bill 812 (Ferry Tolling/Replacement Funds) Wednesday, May 4, 2016 legislation that would remove tolls on the three North Carolina ferry routes that have them now
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2016 @ 3:03 am
By: Bill Cook
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Senate Approves Final Budget that Invests Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Public Education, Provides Major Tax Relief
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 3:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Senate on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, passed Senate Bill 160 (Enhance Safety & Commerce for Ports/Inlets), legislation that addresses the issue of open and navigable channels at the state's inlets and ports.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 6:24 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Governor Pat McCrory signed Kilah's Law, House Bill 75/Senate Bill 70 into law today. The bill increases the penalties for convicted child abusers to a Class D felony and requires their official record show that the abused was younger than 16 years of age. Before this law...
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 4:29 am
By: Chris Downey
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During the 2009 Session of the General Assembly, Senator Floyd McKissick(D) from Durham County introduced the Racial Justice Act SB461. The act provides a process by which statistical evidence could be used to establish that race was the basis for seeking or obtaining the death penalty in any case.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 10:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Three more violent criminals escaped death row today -- thanks to a radically leftist Superior Court judge and a "gift" that keeps on giving from the NC General Assembly called The Racial Justice Act.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2012 @ 8:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The closing arguments in North Carolina's initial Racial Justice Act (RJA) concluded a few weeks ago in Fayetteville, and the public will be waiting for another one or two months for the ruling.
Published: Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 @ 9:02 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The closing arguments in North Carolina's initial Racial Justice Act (RJA) concluded a few weeks ago in Fayetteville, and the public will be waiting for another one or two months for the ruling.
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 @ 12:56 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis and Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, House Majority Leader, released the following statements today after the North Carolina House of Representatives voted to override Gov. Bev Perdue's veto of Senate Bill 416, which modifies the procedures for the death penalty.
Published: Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 @ 5:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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