The Wednesday, January 9, 2019 one-day session featured the swearing in of all legislators who had not already taken their oaths in local ceremonies.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 9:27 pm
By: S. Henri McClees
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Election Day has come and gone. Some good things happened, some didn't.
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 5:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Publix Super Markets, Inc. will build a refrigerated distribution center in Guilford County by the end of 2022 as part of a multiphase project and has plans to create up to 1,000 jobs by 2025, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 @ 1:30 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Yesterday, the General Assembly convened a special session to make changes to the process by which constitutional amendments appear on the ballot
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 12:19 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Roy Cooper has given a high political profile to the discharge of the GenX chemical compound into the Cape Fear River
Published: Sunday, August 20th, 2017 @ 8:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State senators are asking Gov. Roy Cooper's administration to answer more than 20 questions in the next five days, as they consider his request for an extra $2.58 million to deal with concerns about a chemical discharge in the Cape Fear River
Published: Thursday, August 10th, 2017 @ 11:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would change the way local governments issue public notices and referred to the measure as an attack on newspapers
Published: Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 @ 8:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The battle to preserve the state's certificate-of-need laws is about to get personal
Published: Thursday, May 25th, 2017 @ 11:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A stunning election night ended with several election races - including the contest for governor - unresolved, even as Republicans Donald Trump and Richard Burr scored significant victories and the GOP retained its supermajority status in the General Assembly
Published: Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 @ 6:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina headquarters of Women for Trump today announced the leadership team that will guide the coalition through the upcoming November elections.
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2016 @ 8:01 am
By: Russell Allen
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The state Senate on Monday approved its version of regulation reform on a mostly party-line 30-15 vote.
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 4:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, said the state's certificate-of-need law, a major regulatory barrier to reducing costs and competition in health care, would be repealed under a bill working its way through the Senate Health Care Committee
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 4:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The NC General Assembly is moving quickly toward resolve its 2016 budget. The House & Senate have each passed its own version of House Bill #1030 (the budget bill).
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week, the House passed their proposed $22.225 billion state budget, and we in the Senate have already begun meeting and crafting our version of the budget
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2016 @ 8:36 am
By: Bill Cook
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Governor McCrory signed Senate Bill 698 (Legacy Medical Care Facility/CON Exempt) into law on October 28, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week, Senate Bill 192 (Citations/Sheriffs Accept Faxes) legislation that I'm sponsoring unanimously passed in the House Judiciary IV Committee.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 3:43 am
By: Bill Cook
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Several bills altering the makeup of local governments are working their way through the current General Assembly session, raising charges by liberal advocates and pundits that the GOP-led legislature is maneuvering to give Republicans a foothold in local governments that now are under Democratic...
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 11:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two ultraliberal, out-of-state national groups are apparently flouting state law and violating Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules (§ 73.1212) in a campaign attacking legislators who favor bringing energy development and jobs to North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 @ 4:57 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The power of incumbency, gerrymandered election districts, and a growing national distaste for politics in general might be the causes of having voter ballots for the May 6 primary election showing more blanks than the responses to a pop quiz.
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 12:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that BuzziSpace, Inc. will locate its North American manufacturing headquarters in Guilford County.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 1:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Sunshine Week meeting to discuss a proposed new law making a violation of the state's open government laws found some senators not too keen on the idea.
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 @ 7:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced that OFS Brands, a furniture and logistics company, will expand its facility in Guilford County.
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 @ 3:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced that Pro Refrigeration Inc., a manufacturer of refrigeration systems, will expand its operations by locating a new East Coast production facility in Davie County.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 @ 9:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Primary election night Tuesday resulted in several upsets and close races in legislative contests in North Carolina, setting the stage for a competitive general election season this summer and fall.
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2012 @ 11:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans could strengthen their grip on the North Carolina legislature and recapture a majority in the state's congressional delegation in 2012, due in large part to a friendly redistricting plan.
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2012 @ 3:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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