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Repeal of ban on erosion-control structures passes Senate committee
A bill that would repeal NC's ban on erosion-control structures along the shoreline, is advancing through Senate committees.
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Rep. Mike Clampitt passes away after battle with cancer
Rep. Mike Clampitt has passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He first was elected to the General Assembly in 2016.
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Study: NC’s largest counties increased taxes beyond inflation, population growth
A recent study from the John Locke Foundation found that property tax collections across the state’s 10 largest counties exceeded inflation and population growth by $2.7 billion over the past 10 years.
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Stein presses legislature for $1.4B ‘critical needs budget’
Gov. Josh Stein calls on the General Assembly to pass what he calls a “$1.4 billion critical needs budget" to cover key areas left unfunded without a biennial budget.
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Candidate for NC House passes suddenly
“Kim was a lovely person with a warm, generous heart, and she carried herself with kindness, sincerity, and grace,” said Thomas Monks (Delaney's opponent)
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Coca-Cola Consolidated to donate $25M to NC Children’s Hospital
The North Carolina General Assembly has yet to secure $103.5 million appropriated in the 2023 state budget.
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$13.8M in grants awarded to small businesses in western NC
Grants totaling $13.8 million through the NC Department of Commerce’s were recently awarded to 19 new small business recovery projects in western NC.
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Brockman resigns after House forms expulsion group
State Rep. Cecil Brockman, D-Guilford, resigned from office Friday after the state House's Republican speaker formed a committee to consider his expulsion.
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As General Assembly overrides vetoes, Stein calls on legislators to instead pass budget
As the General Assembly reconvened in Raleigh Tuesday morning to consider overriding 14 of his vetoes, Democratic Gov. Josh Stein held a press conference, saying the legislature should be focused on passing a budget, not on the vetoes, which he said are a “distraction that divides us.”
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Stein calls to save Medicaid expansion after ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is signed into law
New work requirements and the 3.5% provider tax cap will effectively end Medicaid expansion in the state, or create a $32 billion budget hole over the next decade.
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Trawling ban ‘dead in the water’
"This is the way our democracy was set up and is supposed to work."- Sen. Bobby Hanig, R-Currituck.
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Stein vetoes 2 immigration bills and constitutional carry bill
NC Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed his first bills as governor: SB 50, Freedom to Carry NC, SB 153, NC Border Protection Act, and HB 318, The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act.
