They came. They went. They’re coming right back. The House convened briefly Thursday morning to hear veto messages from Gov. Roy Cooper, stood at ease for about a half-hour then unanimously passed by a 76-0 vote a joint Senate resolution to adjourn. House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said the House will reconvene at noon to...
House and Senate Republicans are stuck in a debate about oversight of the state’s largest mental health provider and who will control mental health services for hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians. A conference committee could decide the fate of House Bill 403, which passed each legislative chamber in dramatically different versions. The House, and...
Stark differences in conservative Republican and liberal Democratic fiscal priorities were clearly on display during a Senate Finance Committee meeting Wednesday at which a $1 billion tax cut package was approved by voice vote. Senate Bill 325 was then forwarded to the Senate Rules Committee, where it was passed Thursday morning, and now heads to...
Sen. Ralph Hise doesn’t take no for an answer. The Mitchell County Republican was close last year but unsuccessful pushing a bill to eliminate the state’s archaic certificate-of-need system, which limits competition in health care through tight restrictions. He vowed to take another whack at the sweeping reform. Last week he introduced Senate Bill 324...
Senate leaders are proposing a $1 billion middle class tax reduction plan that would lower personal and corporate income taxes, increase mortgage interest deductions, and allow for unlimited medical and charitable tax deductions. “Under this plan, 99 percent of all individual income taxpayers in North Carolina will either receive a tax cut or pay zero...
