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Today, North Carolina lawmakers have declared war on equality with the passage of House Bill 171 (HB 171) and Senate Bills 227 and 558, dismantling decades of civil rights progress and systematically excluding entire communities from public life.
Published: Saturday, June 28th, 2025 @ 7:32 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Michigan legislature has advanced a legislative package eliminating various restrictions on abortions in the state.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 1:47 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina Republicans voted on Tuesday to override Democrat Governor Roy Cooper’s vetoes of two election bills that Republicans say will increase election integrity and Cooper claims are a “threat” to democracy.
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 @ 10:42 am
By: Daily Wire
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A pair of election integrity bills passed Thursday in the North Carolina Senate. S.B. 747, Election Law Changes, and S.B. 749, No Partisan Advantage in Elections, both passed with a vote of 28-19.
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2023 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the Republican-led North Carolina Senate voted to override four of Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, bringing the chamber’s total number of veto overrides this legislative session to all six.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 @ 1:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the Senate Rules Committee passed two bills—Senate Bills 747 and 749—that would significantly impact elections in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 @ 6:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This Week in Raleigh
Published: Friday, August 11th, 2023 @ 11:10 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Two distinct Senate bills SB 636 and SB 574, if passed, could nullify a recent policy change to let high school students enter into “name, image, likeness,” or NIL, contracts before the new policy goes into effect July 1st.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 12:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pennsylvania, and North Carolina House Republicans held a press conference supporting a bill making North Carolina the 20th state to call for a Convention of States.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 6:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Hospital treatments killing people
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2022 @ 7:47 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 @ 3:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law today: Senate Bill 135 & 241
Published: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021 @ 6:33 am
By: Governor's Office
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Legislation would increase voting access, ban private election funding, and set election day absentee ballot deadline
Published: Tuesday, June 15th, 2021 @ 1:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law: Senate Bill 69 & 172
Published: Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 @ 5:07 pm
By: Governor's Office
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If you follow state politics, you have no doubt heard of crossover day on the legislative calendar.
Published: Thursday, May 13th, 2021 @ 9:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law: Senate Bill 750 & 11 others
Published: Wednesday, July 1st, 2020 @ 12:05 am
By: Governor's Office
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The future of smokable hemp in North Carolina remains unsettled, nearly a month after lawmakers last took it up.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 8:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today ends the last "slow week" at the Legislature. Many of us attended services for Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr. in Greenville, NC.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 11:22 am
By: S. Henri McClees
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The NC General Assembly schedule will be accelerating next week. Chairmen are scheduling their Committee meetings. Legislators are working with the Bill Drafting Division to draft and file bills
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 10:12 am
By: S. Henri McClees
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Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a pair of bills Friday that tweak state election laws and judicial election districts
Published: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018 @ 5:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The recent legislative adjustments to North Carolina's 2018-19 state General Fund budget produced two main political controversies that we'll hear more about as we move through the campaign season to the November midterms
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2018 @ 8:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Senate panel passed legislation Thursday to accelerate mental health Medicaid reform and free up nearly $1 billion in frozen assets to provide more behavioral health services
Published: Sunday, June 18th, 2017 @ 6:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Republicans are pushing bills to reduce the state corporate income tax rate from 5 percent this year to 3 percent in 2017, and restructure the manner in which corporate taxes are calculated. The intent behind the legislation is to make the state more business-friendly and better able to...
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2015 @ 10:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have numerous pieces of legislation, including the state budget, on my radar, but here are a few key ones.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 2:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina insurance policy holders will pick up $10.5 million in additional premium costs if a bill requiring expanded coverage of chiropractic services recommended April 21 by a legislative study committee is approved in the General Assembly's short session opening this week.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 7:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Wednesday, May 14, the North Carolina General Assembly will reconvene at noon for what is called the "short session." One thing that people may not realize about the short session is there are crossover bills that will be eligible to be considered.
Published: Friday, January 10th, 2014 @ 8:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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'I expect this kind of stuff from Rob "Rielle Who?" Christensen and John "Gunga Din" Frank at McClatchy-Raleigh.
Published: Saturday, April 6th, 2013 @ 12:15 am
By: Brant Clifton
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