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‘No budget, no pay’ bill targets lawmakers as deadline pressure mounts
Legislation would tie lawmaker pay to timely budget passage, amid broad public support for stricter accountability rules.
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Bill that would let BCBSNC reorganize clears the House
H.B. 346, Reorganization & Economic Development Act, sailed through three House committees, including Health, Insurance, and Rules, this week before passing 86-26 in the House Thursday and now heads to the Senate.
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House overrides budget veto in a surprise morning vote
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...
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Bipartisan House group seeks to revive tax credits for filmmakers
How are North Carolina lawmakers different from movie directors? They find it hard to say “cut,” especially when giving Hollywood producers taxpayer subsidies to make films here. A bipartisan group of state representatives filed House Bill 751, resurrecting a 25 percent tax credit program. Legislators voted in 2014 to end a similar subsidy, which paid...
