Federal hemp fight puts Budd at center of debate also dividing NC legislature
The federal hemp fight comes as North Carolina lawmakers remain divided over similar restrictions on THC products and how far state regulation should go.
Ninth District U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop has signed on to one of two letters urging Republican congressional colleagues to reject Democrats’ latest temporary federal spending plan. Bishop is the only member of the N.C. delegation to sign the letters. “Congress should not be a rubber stamp for the destructive Biden agenda,” Bishop told Carolina Journal...
RALEIGH — Extending unemployment benefits would not cost the state any money immediately, but it could require additional funding from state taxpayers next year. Whether the General Assembly will attempt to override Perdue’s veto, or possibly split the provisions of H.B. 383 into separate measures, is unclear.