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The turmoil surrounding COVID-19 derailed much of the work the General Assembly had done before the pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 @ 6:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Saturday, June 6th, 2020 @ 12:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Family farm bankruptcies are on the rise in North Carolina, a signal the rest of the state’s farm economy could be in trouble.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2020 @ 4:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The clock is ticking on hemp licenses for North Carolina farmers.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2020 @ 5:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the N.C. General Assembly may meet for only one day this week — Tuesday, Jan. 14 — and will potentially hold a vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto.
Published: Sunday, January 19th, 2020 @ 10:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina hemp farmers are bracing for an onslaught of federal regulation.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Justin Hamilton’s company farm last year lost an entire greenhouse of hemp — somewhere between $25,000 and $35,000 — because his crop violated the state’s THC threshold by 0.1%.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2019 legislative session won’t end until 2020.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2019 @ 12:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly is one step closer to settling the smokable hemp dispute after months of deliberation.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2019 @ 8:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers have reached a compromise on smokable hemp, but their agreement may not make everyone in the hemp community happy. For now.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2019 @ 11:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate unanimously voted Tuesday, Oct. 1, to reject the House’s version of the 2019 Farm Act, which would ban smokable hemp by May 2020. Now, it’s up to the House and Senate on whether they will appoint conferees to sort out the two chambers’ differences.
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2019 @ 3:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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You can’t criminalize smokable hemp, a federal judge has told Indiana lawmakers. The decision could affect North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2019 @ 2:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s farm bill has passed the House, but it now may be frozen in the Senate.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 4:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If passed, North Carolina’s hotly contested hemp law will probably end up in court, says the state legislator leading efforts to ban the plant’s smokable flower.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 @ 3:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Workers meander through green rows of plants, glancing sideways as they go and dipping their brimmed caps against the setting sun. A white Chevy pickup stops at the top of the slope, and farmer Shane Whitaker jumps out and walks among the crops.
Published: Monday, August 12th, 2019 @ 4:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Todd Smith was out of town one Saturday when he got an unnerving phone call.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2019 @ 12:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Fiery arguments over hemp regulation smoldered out Wednesday, July 24, when House members reversed feverish efforts to criminalize the plant’s smokable flower.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 12:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If North Carolina bans smokable hemp, hundreds of farmers will lose money on their crops — and faith in their legislators, says Blake Butler, executive director of the N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 @ 2:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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What is the difference between hemp and marijuana?
Published: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 @ 11:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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