RALEIGH — A North Carolina budget veto has slowed state government for months, so lawmakers have sent Gov. Roy Cooper more stand-alone legislation containing popular provisions from that spending plan. Cooper now has four spending […]
RALEIGH — The non-partisan fiscal research division of the General Assembly released a revised revenue forecast last week projecting state tax collections would exceed predictions by $277 million over the next two budget years. In […]
RALEIGH — Facing a deadline this week, the North Carolina legislature stayed on track to enact replacement districts for dozens of its seats on time. Showing bipartisan support, the full Senate voted 38-9 on Monday […]
Critics and Democrats claim Republican leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly “assaulted democracy” when they called for two legislative veto override votes early last Wednesday morning when only 64 of the 120 House members […]
RALEIGH — Following Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of the state’s budget, House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) made it clear that if a veto override opportunity presented itself, he would take it. And on […]
RALEIGH — State lawmakers in the N.C. House on Wednesday overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the state’s budget after a lengthy standoff. Few Democrats were present when Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) began proceedings on […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina legislators, who are redrawing dozens of General Assembly districts that judges deemed illegal partisan gerrymanders, turned Monday to considering district lines generated by a key expert for those who successfully sued […]
RALEIGH — Democrats are calling for a re-do and labeling the GOP as cheaters following a successful override of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the state budget during a low turnout session of the House […]
RALEIGH — A North Carolina trial court has rejected state legislative district maps, saying lawmakers took advantage from drawing districts to help elect a maximum number of Republicans. The three-judge panel of state judges ruled […]
RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper responded to Republicans passing piecemeal legislation to break their budget impasse by signing four employee pay bills on Friday. But he vetoed a funding measure needed to stand up […]
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