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July 6, 2022

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Health, public safety secretaries confirmed by NC Senate

July 4, 2022 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s most recent Cabinet replacements were confirmed unanimously by the state Senate on Wednesday. The chamber voted separately to confirm Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley […]

General Assembly - Raleigh - May 2020
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Bill proposes making state board of education members elected positions

June 29, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A recently filed bill proposes to change the way N.C. State Board of Education is installed by making the seats elected positions instead of appointed via a state constitutional amendment.  House Bill 1173, […]

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Bill protecting right to vote for those wearing uniforms passes NC House

June 29, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A bill to make sure uniformed officers and first responders are not turned away from polling places while attempting to vote cleared the N.C. House of Representatives on June 22 by a vote […]

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NC budget writers reach deal

June 28, 2022 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Republican legislative leaders have reached an agreement on adjustments to the second year of the compromise state budget that was approved last fall.  House and Senate leaders unveiled the highlights Tuesday evening in a […]

General Assembly - Raleigh - May 2020
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Legislative leaders: Stein must lift injunction, fully enforce current NC abortion laws

June 24, 2022 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that ended Roe v. Wade, Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) sent a letter […]

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New Medicaid expansion pitch surfaces in N. Carolina House

June 24, 2022 Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

RALEIGH — North Carolina House Republicans pitched a plan Thursday that could authorize expanding Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults, which their leader argued would bring more certainty to ensuring rural hospitals […]

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Supreme Court rules for GOP lawmakers in voter ID case

June 23, 2022 Jessica Gresko and Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court gave Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina a win Thursday in a fight over the state’s latest photo identification voting law. The 8-1 decision does not end the three-year-plus […]

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Republicans: NC budget-writers close on spending adjustments

June 20, 2022 Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

RALEIGH — North Carolina House and Senate budget-writers are close to completing their work on proposed adjustments to the second year of a two-year state spending plan approved last fall, top Republican legislators said Tuesday. […]

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NC speaker: Parents’ bill with LGBTQ limits might be shelved

June 16, 2022 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — A North Carolina “Parents’ Bill of Rights” measure pushed by Senate Republicans but condemned by LGBTQ activists and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper may not get a final vote in the House before this […]

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Wake County legislator to chair new women’s STEM committee

June 16, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — State Rep. Erin Paré (R-Wake) was announced as the chair of the House Select Committee on Advancing Women in STEM recently established by House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain).  According to the announcement, […]

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