RALEIGH — North Carolina’s legislature officially begins Wednesday, Jan. 13 for its 2021-22 biennium session, and, as is the case after any major election year, many new faces are present representing districts across the state. […]
RALEIGH — The second floor of the Legislative Building in Raleigh is one of the most powerful places in the state of North Carolina. It is where House and Senate leaders work and where legislative […]
RALEIGH – Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) on Thursday announced his intended committee appointments for the 2021-22 legislative biennium. “The committee process is so vitally important to what the Legislature does on a daily basis. […]
Marc Basnight Marc Basnight, a Dare County native who served in the General Assembly for 26 years, died on Monday, his family and local news outlets confirmed. Basnight served as Senate president pro tempore from […]
RALEIGH — Just over half-a-dozen lawmakers announced retirement this year, with some of them headed to other governmental roles or appointments. The first was Rep. Floyd McKissick (D-Durham), who formally resigned on Jan. 7 after […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly’s Program Evaluation Division recently released a report on state efforts to increase diversity in the state’s teacher workforce. The Program Evaluation Division (PED) report says that North Carolina […]
RALEIGH — After all the votes were counted and dollars spent, the results in North Carolina’s state legislative races were a disappointment to Democrats, who had hoped to flip at least one of the two […]
RALEIGH — In 2018, Democrats were able to break a Republican supermajority in both chambers of the N.C. General Assembly by flipping nine seats in the House and six in the Senate, mostly by focusing […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly returned last week to pass another round of COVID-19 relief funding. House Bill 1105, titled the Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0, passed through both houses with strong bipartisan support, […]
RALEIGH — On the same day that the General Assembly was working to pass a $1.1 billion dollar coronavirus relief package that includes $115 million in education spending, the North Carolina affiliate of one of […]
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