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Bill requiring sheriffs to honor ICE detainers heads to Senate floor
The Senate floor is the final hurdle for HB 10 before it would become North Carolina law.
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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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Moore, Berger join SCOTUS court filing to keep Trump on ballot
State House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, and Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, joined an amicus brief Thursday filed at the US Supreme Court. Moore, Berger, the Arizona legislature, and attorneys general for 25 other states aim to keep Donald Trump on the presidential election ballot.
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The 2023 North Carolina state budget: Here’s what you need to know
Focusing on tax cuts and development projects in the more than $30 billion budget, Tuesday evening the leaders announced that the Senate will vote on the conference report at 2:00 PM Thursday with final votes at 9:30 AM Friday. The House is planning to hold budget votes on the floor on Wednesday and Thursday. Their agreement does not contain legalization for casinos or video lottery terminals.
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Budget negotiations are in a weird place
House Republicans announced on Tuesday that they will not hold any more votes this week and plan to come back into Raleigh next week. The state budget, originally expected to finalize by the end of June, has fallen victim to differing House and Senate priorities. A quick run of the vote math shows that Republican leaders are unlikely to reach an agreement this month.
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Cooper signs bill that revises a portion of NC abortion law
H.B. 190, Dept. of Health and Human Services Revisions.-AB, a bill that features revisions to abortion law changes made in S.B.20, Care for Women, Children, and Families Act, was signed by Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday.
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Cooper signs NC’s Medicaid expansion into law
Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper signed the Medicaid Expansion bill Monday afternoon outside the Governor’s Mansion.
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NC recognized as one of the best for income-tax reduction
North Carolinians are just weeks away from receiving more money in their paychecks, as a new income-tax reduction is set to go in effect. The action taken by state legislators last year in the 2021-22 state budget is being recognized nationally by Forbes. The magazine lists the Tar Heel state among the top five for income tax reductions for...
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Will NC remain an abortion ‘safe haven’ after next session?
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?
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NCGA leadership happy with election night results
“Today is indeed a great day for North Carolina,” N.C. Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said Wednesday about yesterday’s General Election. In a joint press conference at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, he spoke with Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham. “If you look around the nation, North Carolina was indeed a bright spot in so many ways.”
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Berger says latest offer from hospitals on CON reform is all show, no substance
A proposal last week by the N.C. Healthcare Association to the North Carolina General Assembly to modify certificate-of-need laws was more of a twig than an olive branch, according to Senate Leader Phil Berger, R- Rockingham.
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Cooper signs $27.9 billion budget into law
N.C. Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper signed the state’s $27.9 billion budget into law Monday afternoon, avoiding a last-minute deadline.
