Duke Energy Carolinas wants to increase residential rates for its customers between 16.2 and 16.6% by Sept. 1 and an additional 0.4% by Jan. 1.
A measure to require students to take a computer science course prior to graduating high school passed through the North Carolina House Education Committee Feb. 14. The committee also passed a bill to revamp the governance structure of three schools for deaf and blind students, a bill vetoed by Gov. Cooper in 2022.
After November's midterm elections, Republicans in the Senate have a supermajority, and in the House, Republicans are one vote shy of a supermajority. The partisan make up means that a careful attendance numbers game will likely play a prominent role in this session.
On Tuesday, North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, announced committee assignments. House Republicans have 71 out of 120 seats, and would need 72 out of 120 for a gubernatorial veto override. This will likely be a focus when issues that are especially partisan - abortion, 2nd Amendment laws, voter ID, tax policy - come before members.
Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, today announced his intended committee appointments for the 2023-24 legislative biennium. Sen. Jim Perry, R-Lenoir, was appointed to be a chair of the highly sought-after Senate Finance Committee. In a post charged with writing the state budget, Sen. Michael Lee, R-New Hanover, is stepping in as chair of the Appropriations/Base Budget Committee.
On Wednesday, Jan. 11, the North Carolina General Assembly will hold opening ceremonies to kick off the 2023 legislative session. "I know issues including voter ID, parental rights in schools, and tax cuts are on the minds of our members. I look forward to the work that lies ahead of us,” said Sen. Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.
North Carolina has been named the 2022 State of the Year by Business Facilities magazine. The state previously won the honor in 2020.
Smash and grab robberies area already making headlines across the country, just a week into the holiday shopping season. In Memphis, 25 criminals smashed through the window at a high-end sneaker store. In Washington, a string of organized retail theft attacks included thieves driving stolen cars into storefronts. In Baltimore, eight stores were hit in...
Where Keith Olbermann channels past segregationist governors. What a clown.
Eleven years after Republicans captured control of both state legislative chambers in the 2010 election, few Democrats remain who have ever served in a majority. Now their strategy is simple; oppose the majority. Having so few Democrats with experience in governing is making cutting a budget deal particularly difficult this year. “It is always...
The way to solve the North Carolinian knot would be to go straight at it with several structural reforms.
