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State lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to block an automatic tax increase on employers. Senate Bill 311 would maintain the state’s current tax for funding unemployment insurance.
Published: Sunday, November 28th, 2021 @ 8:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill designed to block the state attorney general from entering collusive lawsuit settlements. It’s Cooper’s 11th veto this year and No. 64 since he took office in 2017.
Published: Friday, November 5th, 2021 @ 4:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state House voted 58-47 Wednesday, Sept. 15, to endorse a bill requiring the state attorney general to get approval from legislative leaders before settling lawsuits on their behalf. The bill now heads to the governor.
Published: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 @ 11:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After the topic sat dormant for several months, lawmakers once again took up a bill that would ban collusive settlements involving the state attorney general. A state House committee approved the bill Wednesday, Sept. 8.
Published: Monday, October 18th, 2021 @ 3:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I wrote last week on Senate Bill 326, which includes several important reforms to North Carolina’s election laws
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 9:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican senators have introduced a bill that would require lawmakers to sign off on any deal settling a lawsuit in which the legislature is a party.
Published: Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 @ 8:18 am
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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Governor Roy Cooper released the following statement on Senate Bill 37
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 12:11 am
By: Governor's Office
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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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Today, Governor Roy Cooper vetoed the following bill: Senate Bill 37
Published: Monday, March 1st, 2021 @ 10:47 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper has signed the following bills into law:
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2019 @ 12:05 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Cooper shared the following statement on his veto of Senate Bill 359
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2019 @ 9:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Chris Anglin was a relatively unknown late addition to a state Supreme Court race.
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A last-minute change to Senate Bill 325 - which originally would have lowered state personal and business income taxes - instead became the vehicle to change early voting hours and days
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2018 @ 12:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It didn't take long into the teleconference to learn that the Chairman of the Board called the emergency meeting because he wanted the board to write a letter to members of the legislature. The board's chair, Andy Penry (Democrat), made a motion for the board's general counsel, Josh Lawson
Published: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018 @ 11:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Stark differences in conservative Republican and liberal Democratic fiscal priorities were clearly on display during a Senate Finance Committee meeting Wednesday at which a $1 billion tax cut package was approved by voice vote
Published: Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 @ 4:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Film director Rob Reiner and other Hollywood notables have railed against North Carolina, threatened not to work in the state again, and raised the possibility of economic boycotts because of House Bill 2, the so-called bathroom bill
Published: Sunday, March 26th, 2017 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory said he would veto Senate Bill 369 which would change the sales tax distribution formula in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 @ 4:57 am
By: McCrory Communications
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A bill that would allow the state to gather more detailed information on why teachers leave the state and the profession - a topic that has become a political football for both parties - is in conference committee as lawmakers attempt to resolve differences in the House and Senate versions.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 10:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh, N.C. - Governor Pat McCrory took action on Senate Bill 372 today, which extends the tax credit for renewable energy projects in the state.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 @ 9:07 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The House on Tuesday approved a Senate bill that would extend the state's 35 percent renewable energy tax credit - set to expire at the end of 2015 - by one year to allow several major solar farms to hook up to the power grid. Over five years, the solar companies could collect as much as...
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 @ 5:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate Finance Committee on April 2 approved a bill with bipartisan support to extend by one year eligibility for the state's 35 percent renewable energy tax credit. The legislation is intended to provide "a soft landing " to large solar projects already in the regulatory approval and...
Published: Monday, April 13th, 2015 @ 8:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Electricity is one of the most basic household necessities. It isn't a luxury item. That means it is something that every household must buy, regardless of income level - and as such, its costs are especially burdensome on the poor.
Published: Saturday, April 11th, 2015 @ 10:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Haywood County commissioners and area municipal officials are hoping a proposed 50-percent increase in the region's occupancy tax will help them build capital projects and spur area tourism. But they face opposition from one of the region's legislators, and that could scotch the tax hike...
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory, speaking recently to the Appalachian Energy Summit in Boone, subtly and without fanfare dropped what has to be considered a...
Published: Tuesday, July 30th, 2013 @ 6:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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