North Carolina's legislative leaders and the state Department of Health and Human Services split over a proposed preliminary injunction of a new law dealing with gender transition surgeries for minors.
Published: Tuesday, March 19th, 2024 @ 9:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The federal government has filed a court document arguing that North Carolina's new ban on gender transition surgeries for minors violates the US Constitution.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 @ 8:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Parents Were Skeptical of More Funding as the Path to Better Outcomes, However
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 8:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After a failed attempt last year, advocates of the Parents’ Bill of Rights (PBR) succeeded this session in passing legislation (SB 49) that enshrines parental rights and helps to correct the current imbalance of power between parents and schools across North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 1:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After lying dormant for over four months, a Parents Bill of Rights is once again on the move in the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 10:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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"He has made a career out of attacking Republicans," Bradford said. "His actions play to the radical left that favors full-term and partial-birth abortions—a position not supported by mainstream voters."
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 8:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina legislative leaders say they anticipate a quick vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 20
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2023 @ 12:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina House Republicans scaled back a rule change that would have eliminated the 48-hour notice requirement for gubernatorial veto override votes.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 7:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to officially reconvene at noon on Wednesday in Raleigh. After November’s midterm elections, Republicans in the Senate have a supermajority and in the House, Republicans are one vote shy of a supermajority.
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 @ 11:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is upset that North Carolina House Republicans might amend a rule regarding overriding governor vetoes.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 4:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina House rule change for veto votes without notice is less of a difference than it seems
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2023 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Neither state Senate Democrat who initially voted for the Free the Smiles legislation last month was willing to stick with that “yes” vote this week.
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2022 @ 5:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Parents across North Carolina want their voices heard on what’s best for their children, especially after two years of lockdowns, mask mandates, and changing curriculum.
Published: Sunday, February 27th, 2022 @ 10:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed the Free the Smiles Act. The bipartisan measure would have blocked mandatory mask policies in N.C. schools.
Published: Sunday, February 27th, 2022 @ 8:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill to delay North Carolina’s primary election by three weeks. It represents Cooper’s first veto this year and the record-extending 70th veto of his tenure as governor.
Published: Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 @ 12:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After coming up one vote short in its first effort to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill to reopen schools, the Senate is moving to try again.
Published: Monday, March 8th, 2021 @ 10:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Republican Party released the following statement following the failed veto override vote.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 4:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. General Assembly on Monday, March 1, tried but failed — by one vote, 29-20 — to override the governor’s veto of a bill to reopen schools.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 8:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican leaders in the N.C. General Assembly say they will consider overriding the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 37, the school reopening bill, as soon as Monday, March 1.
Published: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 @ 8:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed bipartisan legislation to reopen N.C. public schools statewide.
Published: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 @ 1:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper should stop picking winners and losers in business as he reopens North Carolina’s economy, says N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 9:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When the legislature set April 28 as the return date for this legislative session, no one could have imagined this session would be so different from any that has ever come before.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2020 @ 2:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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The top officer in the N.C. Senate has issued a statement urging Democratic colleagues to help Republicans override the state budget veto next year.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 @ 3:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In response to the false narrative that has been printed and aired in many venues, I’d like to present the truth, the facts that are without dispute regarding the vote to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of the state budget.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 @ 6:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) announced earlier in October that the Senate would close out the long session by the end of the month.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2019 @ 9:23 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In June, the Republican-dominated General Assembly passed a state budget that included pay increases for our public school teachers and for non-certified school personnel.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 3:26 am
By: Diane Rufino
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In a press conference yesterday, Democrat House Minority Leader Rep. Darren Jackson (D-Wake) shifted course on previous statements
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 11:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It has been 25 days since Governor Roy Cooper shared a balanced, responsible compromise offer on the budget to Republican leaders.
Published: Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 @ 6:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The state House overwhelmingly passed a bill temporarily ending a stalemate over the budget.
Published: Friday, July 12th, 2019 @ 11:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As N.C. legislators prepare to consider overriding Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of their 2019-21 budget deal, Republican senators are drawing attention to funding priorities threatened by the veto.
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 @ 5:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Much of the commentary surrounding the recent born-alive abortion-survivors bill assumes the issue is dead.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 12:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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