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July 3, 2025

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House, Senate drop mini-budgets before end of fiscal year

July 3, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly have dropped mini-budgets before the end of the state’s fiscal year. The House passed its mini-budget, House Bill 192, on June 24 by a vote […]

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Rep. John Faircloth to retire from NC House

August 23, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina Rep. John Faircloth (R-Guilford) submitted his resignation from the House of Representatives, effective Sept. 6. Faircloth becomes the third Republican legislator to resign in recent months, following Sen. Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) […]

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NC House Republicans unite behind Destin Hall as next speaker 

November 1, 2023 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — Last week, news broke that top N.C. House Republicans had agreed to back Rules Committee Chairman Destin Hall (R-Caldwell) as the preferred choice as speaker for the next legislative biennium.   Since the announced […]

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North Carolina will have new House Speaker following 2024 elections

July 25, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — With the 2024 presidential election year approaching and redistricting looming, there has been speculation that House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) may make a bid for Congress. That speculation was strengthened after Moore […]

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12-week abortion limit official after House overrides veto

May 16, 2023 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — The North Carolina House of Representatives successfully voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto on Tuesday, May 16, modernizing the state’s laws regarding abortion following a contentious two weeks in state politics. Cooper […]

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NC House Oversight Committee schedules 2nd hearing

April 12, 2023 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — The House Oversight and Reform Committee invited key members of Gov. Roy Cooper’s staff and the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) general counsel to testify before the committee Tuesday, April 18.  The hearing will […]

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NC House unveils budget proposal including numerous policy items, school choice

March 29, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain), joined by House budget chairs, unveiled the chamber’s $29.7 billion budget proposal at a press conference on March 29. The 2023 Appropriations Act contains a number of […]

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New, old faces atop legislative committees 

January 25, 2023 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — When the General Assembly returns Wednesday for the traditional long session, the work of legislative committees will begin in earnest.  Committees are where the bulk of the day-to-day work is done. The House […]

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NC Senate introduces Medicaid expansion bill after decade of opposition

June 1, 2022 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — The Republican-led N.C. Senate caused whiplash for many General Assembly observers last week when the chamber’s dominant Republicans unveiled a Medicaid expansion bill and quickly advanced it through a pair of committees. The […]

Christine T. Nguyen—The North State Journal
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NC House sees less competition among parties than two years ago

March 23, 2022 A.P. Dillon and Matt Mercer, North State Journal

RALEIGH — In the 2020 election cycle, Democrats fielded candidates for 119 of the 120 House seats. In this year’s midterm filings, Democrats are competing for only 92 seats whereas Republicans are represented in 111 of […]

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