Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, says nearly 50 N.C. Democratic House lawmakers and candidates have backed a dangerous pledge to defund the police, but House Minority Leader Darren Jackson, D-Wake, says that’s a lie. During a Monday, Sept. 14, news conference, Moore attacked Democrats for signing a pledge to accomplish a list of policy...
When her teenage son collapsed in a seizure, it hit High Point mother Kelly Kinard. Luka was addicted. He was vaping the equivalent of 80 cigarettes per day, and it took sending him to rehab in California to get him to stop. “We see our kid’s futures going down the toilet,” Kinard said. “We saw...
Rep. Jeffrey Elmore, R-Wilkes, said one of his teaching colleagues inadvertently took a pay cut. Elmore is the House Education K-12 Committee co-chairman and the only public school teacher in the General Assembly. He said Thursday, Oct. 31, his friend increased the contributions to her retirement account, anticipating pay increases the General Assembly had passed...
Rep. Darren Jackson, D-Wake, wants Republican leaders to take a polygraph. He says he’ll pay for it. Jackson, in a news conference Monday, Sept. 23, says a lie-detector test would prove the veracity of Republican claims about a controversial House vote overriding the governor’s budget veto. Or not. “There is no path forward for reconciliation...
One down. One to go. The House passed a new district map, and it’s on its way to the Senate. It was a grueling week. After a three-judge Superior Court panel handed down its ruling last week in Common Cause v. Lewis, the General Assembly had two weeks to pass new maps addressing partisan outliers...
It’s a classic “he said, he said.” While a majority of the Democratic caucus was absent, Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 11 called for a vote to override the governor’s budget veto. Democratic lawmakers decry the move as partisan trickery. House Republicans call it a move of...
The state House passed a bill Wednesday, April 3, limiting State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s plans to make the State Health Plan more solvent. But the bill may not get a hearing in the Senate, letting Folwell move forward. House Bill 184 would block Folwell’s proposal to make hospital pricing agreements with insurers more transparent and...
A nearly $2 billion school construction bond proposal sailed through its initial House vote with bipartisan support. On Wednesday, March 13, the House approved the school construction bond bill in a 109-6 vote on second reading. The bill is on Thursday’s calendar for final approval. Then it’s off to the Senate, where House Bill 241...
The House Rules Committee gave a favorable report on Monday, Feb. 25 to a bill proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the use of eminent domain for economic development. Only one member, Rep. Darren Jackson, D-Wake, voted against the bill. House Bill 3 aims to enshrine eminent domain restrictions into the state constitution. Reps. Destin Hall,...
Too broad. Too narrow. Too lenient. Too stringent. These descriptors were tossed around the N.C. House floor during a Dec. 5 debate over a bill which codifies a new constitutional amendment requiring voters to present photo identification at the ballot box. Fifty-five percent of North Carolina voters on Nov. 6 affirmed a legislative proposal to...
A new General Assembly subcommittee will figure out why progress on Hurricane Matthew recovery has been slower here than in neighboring states. The Joint Legislative Committee on Governmental Operations heard Wednesday, Aug. 29, from a handful of lawmakers who voiced concerns with delays in aiding communities hit by the storm nearly two years ago. The...
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