Agriculture faces severe labor shortage
North Carolina farmers are among the nation’s most-frequent users of H-2A visas, accounting for about 7% of our total agricultural workforce.
NCGOP chairman has been applauded by Trump for his work and endorsed for re-election.
The lifetime permit would maintain the same background check and training requirements as the five-year permit. However, the permanent license would not have reciprocity.
A three-judge federal Appeals Court panel questioned Friday why North Carolina state government lawyers challenged a lower court’s injunction in a case dealing with felon voting. The April 2024 injunction blocked state prosecutors from enforcing a law that created a Class I felony for convicted felons who vote in North Carolina elections without having their rights restored.
The bill prohibits financial institutions from discriminating against farmers who use fossil fuels or fossil fuel-based fertilizers.
Finding ways to encourage more ADUs would be a major boost to tackling housing affordability and accessibility in NC.
The North Carolina attorney general’s office is defending its 25-year-old multimillion-dollar environmental grant program funded by Smithfield Foods. A Wake County judge ruled last year that $12 million from the fund should head to public schools.
McNabb advocates for legislation to keep men out of women's sports.
The NC Senate gave its stamp of approval on May 7 to a bill that would allow authorized private-school personnel with concealed-carry permits to carry firearms on school grounds.
A nonpartisan national election-integrity watchdog gave the NC State Board of Elections a grade of “C” for multiple failures undermining voter confidence with administering the 2024 election.
In claiming this newfound jurisdiction, NCDCM was, with just a mere interpretation, rendering hundreds and possibly thousands of previously unregulated and otherwise perfectly beneficial acres of land, useless to any activity outside of agriculture and forestry.
The resolution, HJR 379, utilizes Article V of the US Constitution to call for a 50-state convention to propose constitutional amendments for federal term limits, fiscal restraints, and other power-limiting measures.