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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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As expected, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the General Assembly's most recent attempt to restructure the state's elections and ethics enforcement agencies. He also vetoed a "technical corrections" measure, rejecting two provisions in the catch-all legislation
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 @ 3:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Cooper vetoed House Bill 1029, Bipartisan State Board Changes
Published: Friday, December 21st, 2018 @ 3:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state legislature adjourned the 2017 long session June 29. They were done, right? Expected back all afresh and new in spring of 2018 after a long break of doing nothing? Not exactly
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2018 @ 12:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Ted Davis, R-New Hanover, bucked conservative critics who strenuously objected to making a $30-million taxpayer subsidy to Hollywood a permanent annual state allocation
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2017 @ 11:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two Charlotte media organizations, the Charlotte Observer and WBTV, ran stories last week about a legislator who appears to have made stealth changes to legislation that would possibly benefit some of his contributors
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2016 @ 11:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the last bill on his desk today.
Published: Thursday, August 14th, 2014 @ 4:35 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The Senate on Thursday passed a revised version of H1224 (Local Sales Tax Options/Econ Devpt Changes) that changes county sales tax authority.
Published: Sunday, July 27th, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The mainstream media tells us that Gov. Pat McCrory has 38 bills sitting on his desk waiting for signatures or vetoes.
Published: Monday, August 12th, 2013 @ 5:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Today Representative Paul Tine announced that he voted for the Tax Reform Bill, House Bill 998.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 5:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For years, certain activists and interest groups have pushed North Carolina to increase the number of days students are required to attend the state's public schools.
Published: Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 @ 11:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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