As the North Carolina General Assembly prepares to gavel in the long legislative session, new House Speaker Destin Hall makes appointments to key committees responsible for shepherding policy through the state's lawmaking process.
The North Carolina General Assembly’s 2025-26 biennium began on Wednesday with the swearing-in of all 170 state legislators who will represent their constituents across North Carolina at the state legislature in Raleigh for the next two years.
Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, is leaving the North Carolina House after winning his election bid for the US House. At 37 years old, Hall will replace Moore in one of the highest roles in state government as the youngest House speakers in modern history.
House Republicans find themselves in the same position as 2022, just one seat shy of a supermajority, while Senate Republicans picked up one seat and retained their supermajority power.
Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper issued a warning at last week’s North Carolina Press Association Convention in Raleigh about the future of the state’s economy.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed H.B. 10, the multifaceted bill that fully funds Opportunity Scholarships, requires sheriffs to cooperate with ICE, and includes adjustments to the budget proposal. Just a day before, Cooper spent most of his time as the keynote speaker Thursday at the Legislative Session of the 151st Annual North Carolina Press Association (NCPA) Convention blasting Opportunity Scholarships, insisting they will hurt public schools.
A bipartisan House bill that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina to reorganize and create a holding company that could transfer billions of surplus policyholder money is on its way to the House Rules Committee after passing the House Insurance Committee Wednesday.
On Wednesday, for the first time since 2018, the North Carolina House successfully voted to override a Governor Cooper veto on Senate Bill 41. The bill will now become law.
On Wednesday, Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, introduced a bill to require N.C. sheriffs to contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) if they cannot confirm the citizenship status of someone in their custody accused of serious felonies and violent crimes.
Gov. Roy Cooper is upset that North Carolina House Republicans might amend a rule regarding overriding governor vetoes. Previously, to override a veto, legislators must wait “until the second legislative day following notice of its placement on the calendar,” creating a minimum of 48 hours before House members can vote on an override. Newly adopted...
The N.C. House has passed a bipartisan redistricting map to reapportion North Carolina’s 120 state House seats. The measure passed with strong support from both sides of the aisle, 115-5, after the approval of six amendments, most of which were offered by House Minority Leader Robert Reives, D-Chatham. The Senate is expected to approve the...
