RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly has filed more than 200 bills so far this session. Aside from Hurricane Helene disaster recovery legislation, bills of note this session span topics that include education, elections, […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly’s first disaster recovery bill of 2025 has $500 million in funding for Hurricane Helene recovery efforts for areas impacted in the western half of the state. “This legislation […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is asking lawmakers for more than $1.07 billion to cover immediate needs for western North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Helene. “The people of western North Carolina have suffered […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly saw moderate activity during the 2024 session during an election year where Republicans saw gains nationally but lost their supermajority in the state legislature. While Donald Trump won […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly Senate has reelected Sen. Phil Berger (R-Eden) to continue to lead that chamber. “I’m thankful my colleagues have chosen me to lead the Senate for this upcoming biennium and look forward […]
RALEIGH — This election cycle, multiple legislative races were competitive, giving Democrats a chance to break Republican supermajorities in the North Carolina General Assembly. In the House, there were 21 Democrats and three Republicans running […]
The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus said last Friday that news reports quoting him as saying the North Carolina legislature could allocate the state’s presidential electors to Donald Trump before the votes are counted […]
RALEIGH — Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly unanimously passed a second round of Hurricane Helene relief funding on Oct. 24. Senate Bill 743, retitled “The Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 — Part […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina General Assembly are prepared to approve initial disaster relief this week to address Hurricane Helene damage, legislative leaders said last Friday. House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger said […]
RALEIGH — House lawmakers overrode three more of Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes last week. In early July, Cooper broke the 100 veto threshold on three bills: House Bills 155, 556 and 690. On the last day of […]
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