North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, will serve his fifth term as Speaker when the General Assembly convenes for the long session in January, making him the longest-serving Speaker of the House in North Carolina history. The NC House Republican Caucus unanimously reelected Moore on Friday.
Republicans have secured a supermajority in the North Carolina Senate and a "functional supermajority" in the state House — since they are only one vote shy and there will be at least a couple of Democrats willing to break with the party on most issues. So, a crucial question being asked is: what are Republican plans regarding abortion law in the 2023-2024 session?
N.C. Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper signed the state’s $27.9 billion budget into law Monday afternoon, avoiding a last-minute deadline.
A controversial Parents’ Bill of Rights may not come to the North Carolina House floor for a vote before the end of the short session House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said after Wednesday’s House session.
State Sen. Brent Jackson and Rep. Tim Moffitt earn the top marks in the latest legislative ratings from the N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation. Jackson, R-Sampson, earns a 100.3 rating from NCFREE. That allows him to top Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, who ranks second among senators with a 99.7 rating. On the House side, Moffitt, R-Henderson,...
The General Assembly must ensure that any emergency funds address pandemic caused needs and do not expand or create new government programs.
UPDATE, July 21, 11:50 a.m. New projections from the Department of Revenue estimate 241,536 more people will fall into the “zero-tax bracket” in 2019, according to a press release issued Friday by House Speaker Tim Moore. This is higher than the Fiscal Research Division’s first prediction. State income tax reforms have removed thousands of North Carolinians from the...
Roy Cooper was mending fences. Just not the ones you might have imagined. The governor spent most of Thursday’s press conference, after he signed the measure repealing House Bill 2, going after the Republican General Assembly, the lawmakers with whom he had spent the last day trying to hold together the tenuous deal. He said...
In fewer than 18 hours, the debate over House Bill 2 went from impasse to compromise, with Gov. Roy Cooper signing a measure repealing North Carolina’s infamous “bathroom bill.” “Today, our laws are catching up with our [welcoming] people,” Cooper said at a press conference after signing a revised version of House Bill 142, the...
Here’s a recount of the twists and turns of House Bill 2, the infamous “bathroom bill.” 2016 Feb. 23: The Charlotte City Council passes an ordinance adding gay and transgender people to an existing ordinance prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, and age to contractors and in public housing...
A compromise vehicle for the controversial “bathroom bill” could exact political consequences on Republican General Assembly leaders and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, one political analyst says. Andy Taylor, a political science professor at N.C. State University, said scuttlebutt suggests House Bill 186 would have sufficient support to pass if it comes to floor votes. But the...
