Talks continue between both the N.C. House and Senate with no imminent solution on Medicaid expansion.
Published: Sunday, August 28th, 2022 @ 9:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former state lawmaker David Lewis will serve two years of supervised release and is ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorneys Office told Carolina Journal.
Published: Tuesday, September 28th, 2021 @ 4:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Despite low performance, NC Virtual Academy may get to raise its enrollment by 20% after the House approved legislation granting the enrollment growth.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2019 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the 2020 elections approach, state lawmakers are working to protect absentee voters from fraud.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2019 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the North Carolina General Assembly will face tough decisions on important health care legislation in the current session.
Published: Sunday, March 17th, 2019 @ 6:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The governor's behind it, and state Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen is for it. Some freshmen legislators have made it a priority, some leaders in the N.C. House think it's a good idea, and 32 states have implemented a version of it.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2019 @ 8:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan group in the N.C. House has introduced legislation that would transfer misdemeanor offenses by 16- and 17-year-olds from adult courts to the juvenile system.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 9:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thom Tillis and Harold Brubaker have quite a special political bond. They are the only two Republican speakers of the North Carolina House since Reconstruction.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 12:21 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Legislators can take one of the most effective steps toward fighting overregulation in North Carolina by setting expiration dates for state rules. Support for end dates -- or sunsetting -- is one of the key findings in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 11:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Conservative Jones switched from unaffiliated to Republican after upset win in 2010. Both candidates in the N.C. House of Representatives District 65 race have one thing in common: They're tired of politicians not keeping their promises to constituents.
Published: Monday, October 15th, 2012 @ 7:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican newcomer Rob Bryan hopes to woo voters in N.C. House of Representatives District 88 with his strong stance on education reform.
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2012 @ 1:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The race for N.C. House District 9 features a Republican newcomer to politics against an incumbent Democrat in a district where the political dynamics have been altered by redistricting.
Published: Thursday, October 11th, 2012 @ 12:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In Wake County, the open-seat contest in N.C. House District 35 features two candidates with ties to the Wake County school board, which recently has been roiled with controversy over partisan politics, especially over student assignment policies.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 11:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans Bob Steinburg and Owen Etheridge will compete in the May 8 primary for the North Carolina House District 1 seat currently held by nine-term Democrat Bill Owens, who isn't seeking re-election this year.
Published: Monday, April 30th, 2012 @ 11:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Next month the N.C. General Assembly will reconvene to consider putting several constitutional amendments before the voters of this great state.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 @ 12:45 pm
By: Bill Cook
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