North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall earned at least two rounds of bipartisan applause at the start of this year’s legislative session. One was for assuming his new leadership post. The other was for releasing a House calendar for the next six months, complete with specific deadlines and a pledge to “give you some certainty...
With mounting political pressure on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), President Donald Trump was in Asheville on Friday where he raised serious questions about the future of the agency.
In a joint session Monday, Congress is set to count electoral college votes and certify the November 2024 election, with Vice President Kamala Harris presiding.
The House Financial Services Committee holds jurisdiction over policies related to the economy, banking systems, housing, insurance, and securities and exchanges. The Committee also has jurisdiction over matters related to monetary policy, international finance, international monetary organizations, and efforts to combat terrorist financing.
If the GOP ends up hanging onto the US House by a handful of seats, NC moving from a 7-7 state to a 10-4 state will certainly be a major part of the equation.
Since North Carolinians are elect new leaders, there’s good reason to approve Helene funds and programs in batches and include those leaders in future planning.
State legislators released details Wednesday of their new $273 million aid package for western North Carolina’s recovery from Helene.
Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller updated media Sunday evening to say that there are 30 confirmed deaths from Hurricane Helene, a number that is rising as rescue and recovery units get to areas of Western North Carolina that had been cut off by collapsed roads and mudslides.
The North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to gavel in this week to vote on clearing the 55,000 family waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships. The OSP program provides state money to families for a private school. Language in the state legislature's budget last year opened the program to all North Carolina families on a sliding scale with the lowest incomes served first.
High energy and crowds filled the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte Wednesday as Trump took the stage. Rally goers also heard from NC House Speaker Tim Moore, National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd, Congressmen Dan Bishop and Richard Hudson, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, and former NASCAR driver Richard Childress.
By failing to clear the Opportunity Scholarship waitlist in the short session, they failed to meet their commitment to “universal school choice."
