Recently, Senator Phil Berger and 28 other senators wrote a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting approval for an extension to the completion date of the MVP Southgate project.
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 7:02 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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State of the State feed back
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 10:55 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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The Office of State Budget and Management and the General Assembly’s Fiscal Research Division released their joint forecast for North Carolina’s revenue today. This is a standard procedure that occurs in the early days of the budgeting process to inform lawmakers of the state of the economy.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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CNBC ranked North Carolina as the #1 state for business and economy in 2022. North Carolina has consistently been a top 10 contender and last year was the runner-up, but what caused the state to take the top spot?
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 8:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Breakthrough company brings first supersonic aircraft factory in the United States to Piedmont Triad International Airport site
Published: Thursday, January 27th, 2022 @ 10:31 am
By: Governor's Office
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Toyota will build its first North American battery manufacturing plant for a new generation of vehicles in North Carolina, creating at least 1,750 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced
Published: Thursday, December 9th, 2021 @ 7:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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This morning, Governor Roy Cooper, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, Senator Dan Blue, Speaker Tim Moore and Rep. Robert Reives issued the following statement after Apple announced its decision to build a new campus in Wake County, hiring 3,000 employees and investing $1 billion.
Published: Monday, April 26th, 2021 @ 10:04 am
By: Governor's Office
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Last night, the riots spread beyond Raleigh and Charlotte to Wilmington, Greenville, Greensboro and Asheville.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 @ 11:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On January 21, Eric Davis, chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education distributed a memo to selected organizations titled “Invitation to Submit Recommended Priorities in Response to WestEd Report (WER) in Leandro.”
Published: Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 @ 1:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Roy Cooper always had a strategy that was destined to fail.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2020 @ 11:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Governor Cooper met with teachers in Durham to talk about the need for a significant pay raise.
Published: Monday, November 25th, 2019 @ 3:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Tuesday, Governor Cooper announced the creation of the Governor's Advisory Council on Film, Television and Digital Streaming at Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2019 @ 10:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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In June, the Republican-dominated General Assembly passed a state budget that included pay increases for our public school teachers and for non-certified school personnel.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 3:26 am
By: Diane Rufino
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It may sound too good to be true, but you soon may be getting a check in the mail from the state for up to $250.
Published: Tuesday, August 27th, 2019 @ 9:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We are more than three weeks into the new fiscal year and the state is still without a budget thanks to Governor Roy Cooper’s Medicaid expansion-or-nothing ultimatum.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 1:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week the Senate passed a budget that maintains the responsible budget growth that has defined Republican fiscal policies since 2011 and prioritizes tax relief, state employees who haven't received equitable treatment in previous years, and health care reform.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 5:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Pella Corporation, a leading manufacturer of window and door products for residential and commercial use, will create 124 jobs at its new manufacturing facility in Rockingham County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 5:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Earlier this week, the Senate passed a joint resolution imploring Congress to ratify President Trump's United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 2:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last Tuesday, the Senate voted to override Governor Roy Cooper's veto of The Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act which requires doctors to provide medical care to babies born alive during an attempted abortion.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 6:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Pro Tempore Phil Berger - Legislative Update: N.C. Senate Passes Tax Reduction Act of 2019A new tax package made its way through the Senate this week that will put more of your hard-earned money where it belongs- in your pockets.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last night, Republicans in the N.C. Senate passed a bill to protect babies who are born alive after surviving an attempted abortion. All but two Democrats voted against it.
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2019 @ 2:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As many of you have probably heard by now, the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is planning another strike on May 1st
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2019 @ 1:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, Governor Roy Cooper signed into law House Bill 142, bipartisan legislation that initiated a full repeal of House Bill 2
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 @ 1:49 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Ecolab Inc. will expand its Kay Chemical Company operations in Greensboro and create 45 new jobs over the next three years. The company plans to build a new...
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 8:27 am
By: Chris Downey
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) and other members of the North Carolina Senate returned to Raleigh Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, to begin their 2015-2016 legislative session.
Published: Sunday, January 18th, 2015 @ 9:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Shri Govindaraja (SGR) Textiles will be locating its textile operations in Rockingham County. The company plans to invest more than $40 million and create 84 jobs over the next three years in Eden.
Published: Friday, May 9th, 2014 @ 12:34 am
By: Chris Downey
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House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) and Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued the following joint statement Monday in response to North Carolina's unemployment rate dropping to its lowest level since August 2008.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week Gov. McCrory, Lt. Gov. Forest, House Speaker Tillis, and I announced our plan to make North Carolina's starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When Republicans took control of the legislature in January 2011, North Carolina's economy was struggling, the unemployment rate was 10.4%, citizens and businesses were burdened with a 1930s Depression-era tax code, and the state owed the federal government $2.5 billion.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sen. Thom Goolsby (R-New Hanover), co-chairman of the Senate Judiciary I Committee and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety, announced Friday he will retire from the General Assembly at the end of his term.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 2:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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