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Republican legislative leaders’ decision to hold secretive budget deliberations was bad politics, and could further motivate angry Democrats to flood the voting booth this fall, political observers say
Published: Thursday, May 31st, 2018 @ 7:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. George Cleveland, R-Onslow, believes the integrity of North Carolina elections is at risk
Published: Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 @ 1:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Constitutional questions persist about the murky $57.8 million deal between Atlantic Coast Pipeline operators and Gov. Roy Cooper
Published: Saturday, February 17th, 2018 @ 5:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Is a financial agreement between the governor of North Carolina and a private party legal just because the governor says so?
Published: Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 @ 10:52 am
By: Governor's Office
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The General Assembly will take up legislation to resolve the GenX water pollution case and judicial redistricting and reform when it returns to special session Wednesday.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2018 @ 9:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that North Carolina would join 13 states and Puerto Rico in the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition opposed to President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 @ 3:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Federal regulators are getting increasingly uneasy with proposals such as a partnership involving UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While officials are mulling a request from a federal judge to submit new district maps for Wake County commissioner and school board elections, one longtime lawmaker says the U.S. Supreme Court could allow this year's elections to be held under the disputed plans
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2016 @ 5:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new round of tax cuts in the $21.735 billion state budget for 2015-16 may prevent the state from lowering the corporate income tax rate to 3 percent in 2017 because tax collections are projected to be $74.7 million lower than a revenue target set two years ago.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 1:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Spurred on by Gov. Pat McCrory, who has assembled a coalition to restore discontinued historic preservation tax credits, state Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Klutz on Thursday directed her statewide whistle-stop tour to Eden, home of Senate leader Phil Berger.
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 8:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State employees would be given alternative investment options and greater control of their retirement plans under cost-saving pension reform strategies that are gaining support as the upcoming General Assembly session looms, key legislators say.
Published: Friday, January 9th, 2015 @ 12:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I seriously can’t understand the logic behind having TWO prominent Republican leaders go public – right in front of a HUGE election — with their desire to expand Medicaid.
Published: Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 @ 1:52 am
By: Brant Clifton
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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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A leading Republican state senator issued an apology Tuesday for his remarks skewering Gov. Pat McCrory, first lady Ann McCrory and lawmakers in a private meeting about legislation to regulate puppy mills.
Published: Monday, February 3rd, 2014 @ 8:44 am
By: Brant Clifton
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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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“It’s about time Kay Hagan finally admitted she could have helped North Carolina’s long-term unemployed, but the fact is she’s a year late and $600 million worth of benefits short.
Published: Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 @ 2:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped sharply last month to 7.4 percent – the lowest rate in over five years.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 3:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) announced Friday they have retained pro bono outside legal counsel to advise them on the defense of North Carolina's constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2013 @ 5:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) issued the following joint statement today in response to yet another frivolous lawsuit filed by the North Carolina affiliate of the national teachers’ union.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 @ 1:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis issued the following joint statement today in response to a lawsuit filed by the North Carolina affiliate of the national teachers’ union and a liberal special interest group.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2013 @ 12:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The current annual median wage of Dare County residents – those who are suffering without a Bonner Bridge to get to and from their homes, jobs and doctors – is $27,395 per year.
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 @ 4:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and Speaker Thom Tillis applauded Gov. Pat McCrory and Transportation Secretary Tony Tata for their leadership and joined their call for the Southern Environmental Law Center to stop obstructing construction of the economically vital new Bonner Bridge.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2013 @ 7:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sen. Pete Brunstetter (R-Forsyth), co-chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations/Base Budget, announced Thursday he will retire from the General Assembly effective December 15, 2013.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 1:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The NCAE, the North Carolina affiliate of the national teachers' union, is spearheading a political protest during instructional time at public schools across the state Monday, encouraging crowds of protesters to enter schools as soon as the morning bell rings.
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2013 @ 10:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At least one North Carolina elementary school is soliciting volunteers over the internet to watch students while teachers walk out of their classrooms to participate in a politically-motivated one-hour strike next week.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 @ 10:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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enate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) issued the following joint statement Monday in response to a handful of representatives from liberal special interest groups calling for an expansion of Medicaid.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 2:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) issued the following joint statement today in response to the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit on North Carolina's election reform law.
Published: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013 @ 12:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After a highly productive legislative long session, the North Carolina Senate concluded its substantive business early Friday morning after passing many long-overdue reforms to improve North Carolina's public schools, rebuild our economy and restore our place as a leader in job growth.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2013 @ 3:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Senate on Wednesday tentatively passed a hugely popular, common-sense provision that requires North Carolinians to show a photo ID when they vote.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2013 @ 12:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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House and Senate leaders announced Sunday they have reached an agreement on a $20.6 billion state budget that invests in core services, streamlines state government, strengthens public education and grows North Carolina's economy.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 12:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued the following statement regarding the recent audit of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center by State Auditor Beth Wood.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Senate tentatively passed legislation Tuesday that simplifies the state’s 1930s Depression-era tax code, provides major tax relief to all North Carolinians and makes the state far more attractive to job-creating businesses.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 @ 6:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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