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In the final days of state budget negotiations, there was a pressurized hush around the legislative complex as lawmakers feuded over the sudden addition of legalizing four casinos to the nearly $30 billion state budget.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 9:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, Oct. 11, the House Oversight and Reform Committee listened to representatives from the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) over multiple concerns, including outsourcing driver’s license production to a Canadian company.
Published: Saturday, February 10th, 2024 @ 9:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Legislators Now Exempt from Public Records Thanks to New Budget Addition
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 1:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NC Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will no longer have a dual role as the state’s fire marshal come Jan. 1.
Published: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 @ 3:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Friday, Sept. 22, the General Assembly passed a budget which contains a new provision that would allow lawmakers total discretion over destroying records.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 2:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislators added a provision to the state budget that would make them functionally exempt from public records law
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2024 @ 8:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two bills involving child care were among eleven signed into law Monday by Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper.
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2023 @ 3:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law:
Published: Thursday, September 7th, 2023 @ 7:17 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law:
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 11:58 am
By: Governor's Office
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A bill that would change the governance structure for three state schools for the deaf and the blind became law on Monday without Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s signature.
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 @ 10:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed two bills into law:
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 5:50 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Friday bill signings leave seven bills on Cooper's desk
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 12:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed 11 bills into law Thursday, the closely-watched state budget was not one of them.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House passed H.B. 768, the 2022 ABC Omnibus, by a vote of 100-9 Wednesday afternoon.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bill into law today:
Published: Friday, March 18th, 2022 @ 11:45 pm
By: Governor's Office
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This week, the General Assembly returned to Raleigh and took up several votes, including an adjournment resolution for the 2021 session.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 9:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The General Assembly did not conduct any public business this week.
Published: Sunday, March 6th, 2022 @ 9:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives wants colleagues to override the governor’s veto of a bill ending school mask mandates. It would mark the first time in a year that lawmakers have tried to overturn a gubernatorial veto.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 1:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Both chambers of the N.C. General Assembly passed an adjournment resolution Monday evening, Nov. 29, coming amid a flurry of other measures making their way through the legislature.
Published: Friday, December 10th, 2021 @ 12:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law: House Bill 67 & 6 others
Published: Saturday, August 14th, 2021 @ 12:02 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Bills Announcement - S. 2330, S. 2638, S. 3758, S. 4075, S. 4762
Published: Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 @ 8:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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The N.C. Senate on Wednesday evening passed by a 48-0 vote a $1.2-billion bill distributing money for COVID-19 relief statewide.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 12:45 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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On Monday, September 30, 2019, the President signed into law: H.R. 1058
Published: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 @ 3:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. House voted Tuesday, Aug. 20 to concur with House Bill 554, which drew pushback from industry groups over a provision making it easier for some to obtain a funeral director’s license.
Published: Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 @ 4:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law:
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2019 @ 3:42 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A bill making it easier for someone to become a licensed funeral director has cleared the Senate.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill allowing for a provisional funeral director license is moving through the Senate with little pushback from lawmakers. But some funeral directors and the N.C. Board of Funeral Service aren’t happy with the measure.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, the President signed into law:
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2019 @ 9:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2017-18 session of the N.C. General Assembly wrapped up Thursday, setting a record by overriding the 22nd and 23rd vetoes of the biennium
Published: Friday, December 28th, 2018 @ 11:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Except for possible veto override votes, the General Assembly Thursday concluded its business for the biennium in a three-week reconvened session.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2018 @ 2:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Friday, December 21st Gov. Cooper vetoed House Bill 1029, a technical corrections bill which among other things, would have made municipal charter school employees eligible for state benefits.
Published: Monday, December 24th, 2018 @ 8:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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