Toyota held a ceremony to mark the opening and start of production at its first North American electric battery manufacturing plant in Liberty, Randolph County.
Now facing the threat of a likely veto, a measure that would create a new school choice program in North Carolina cleared a final vote in the North Carolina General Assembly on July 30 and now heads to the desk of Gov. Josh Stein.
A bill on the move in the North Carolina House seeks to strengthen criminal history checks for public school personnel across North Carolina, potentially expanding safety measures in schools.
“With the advent of YouTube and other forms of social media, criminals are actually teaching people how to use the system to trespass (squat),” Rep. Steve Tyson, R-Craven, told the Carolina Journal.
State lawmakers in the NC House of Representatives are moving forward a bill that would require schools to incorporate daily recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance and ensure prominent display of the United States and North Carolina flags. If passed, House Bill 186 mandates that local school boards, charter schools, regional schools, and laboratory schools will be...
North Carolina House lawmakers moved a bill through committee on Tuesday aimed at curbing student cell phone use during classroom instruction time. The House version, House Bill 87, is companion to a similar Senate version introduced in early February. The bill directs “governing bodies of public school units” to “adopt a cell phone-free education policy to eliminate...
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.
Rep. Smith amends bill to expedite the removal of unauthorized persons on private property.
Eight Republican members of North Carolina’s House of Representatives would like to see the state Supreme Court take up a case dealing with the forced COVID vaccination of a 14-year-old boy in 2021. Lower courts have ruled against the teen and his mother.
State and local governments in North Carolina would be barred from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine under a bill passed March 21 by the House Health Committee.
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.
