RALEIGH — A federal judge has dismissed the case brought by the ACLU of North Carolina against the state’s 2023 law enacting harsher penalties for rioters in an order issued on June 25. In her […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed House Bill 237 on June 21, the 97th veto of his tenure. “This legislation creates a gaping loophole for secret, unlimited campaign money in the middle of […]
RALEIGH — Both chambers of the General Assembly have issued their budget adjustment proposals but disagree about the amount of spending and from what state reserves that spending will come. The state currently has a […]
RALEIGH — A bill that would allow voters to decide on blocking noncitizens from voting in North Carolina elections was filed in the North Carolina House of Representatives on May 24. House Bill 1074 proposes […]
RALEIGH — A bill adding additional funding to the Opportunity Scholarship Program to clear a waitlist of 54,800 applications that easily passed the Senate earlier this month has been stymied in the House. The Senate […]
RALEIGH — During May and June 2020 amid COVID-19 lockdowns, Black Lives Matter protests broke out in U.S. major cities over the death of George Floyd. By night, those protests turned into violent riots. The […]
WALLACE — There’s no doubt that kids these days are spending a lot more time staring at screens on their phones, laptops and televisions than any other generation in history. In 2015, state legislators recognized […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Senate last week approved an additional $463.5 million over the next two years to clear the Opportunity Scholarship Program’s 54,800-deep waitlist. House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) said before the […]
RALEIGH — Arguably one of the most consequential bills this short session at the General Assembly is the measure requiring North Carolina sheriffs to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement on detainers for illegal migrants. […]
RALEIGH — A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s photo voter identification law was set to go to trial this week, with arguments expected to focus on whether the requirement unlawfully discriminates against black and Hispanic […]
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