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Speaker Moore introduces constitutional amendment for citizen-only voting
House introduces constitutional amendment for citizen only voting.
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NC House convenes for opening day of short session
House convened for short session, will vote next week on budget corrections.
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Potential moves in the 2024 short session
While it’s not expected to be a major policy-heavy legislative session in the North Carolina General Assembly, key legislative priorities remain in limbo as both chambers push agendas while they still hold a Republican supermajority. The General Assembly’s short session officially begins on April 24 and is scheduled to run through July 31 tentatively. With...
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House, Senate budget writers unveil $1 billion COVID-19 relief package
Republican lawmakers presented a $1 billion COVID-19 package during a Tuesday, Sept. 1, news conference. The proposal — which they plan to pass this week during a two-day session — sets the stage for a showdown with Gov. Roy Cooper, who earlier released his budget priorities. Those priorities differ drastically from Republicans’ plans. The $1 billion plan...
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Budget failsafe means negotiations unlikely as lawmakers return to Raleigh
For the first time in state history, the governor is introducing a budget proposal in August. The fiscal year is already under way, but North Carolina’s budget is almost two years old. Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, wants to spend $25 billion on a slew of ambitious priorities — from expanding Medicaid to increasing unemployment...
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VIDEO: Legislative Leaders Tackle Top Questions For 2015
RALEIGH — Taxes, teacher pay, targeted incentives. Medicaid reform and expansion. Reporters peppered the N.C. General Assembly’s top leaders on these and other topics during a news conference following the opening of the 2015 legislative session. New House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, joined Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, who’s entering his third term in that post.
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Short Session Resembles Family Fight
Amid the squabbles, legislators accomplished some good things.
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Friday Interview: N.C. General Assembly Prepares for 2014
RALEIGH — In early May, the North Carolina General Assembly will reconvene in Raleigh for its so-called “short session.” Beyond approving adjustments to the second year of the state’s two-year budget, lawmakers could consider a number of other key issues. Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation vice president for outreach, discussed legislative priorities with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Opinion
Par for the 2014 Course
Based on North Carolina’s modern political history, what would really be surprising is if Republicans didn’t lose seats in the General Assembly in 2014.
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Friday Interview: N.C. Legislators Stay Busy Between Sessions
RALEIGH — The full N.C. General Assembly returns to work in May. In the meantime, many legislators are busy working on oversight and study committees, including roughly 20 new groups set up since the end of the long legislative session last summer. Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation vice president for outreach, discussed the work of these new study committees with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Opinion
Legislature Gets A- on Growth
The General Assembly deserves high marks for fashioning a new, empirically based strategy for fostering economic growth in North Carolina.
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If Tax Rates Don’t Matter…
To deny that taxes affect economic decisions is akin to denying that prices affect economic decisions. It is, in short, crackpot economics.
