North Carolina may join a growing number of states to rein in bureaucratic rulemaking with passage of the REINS Act. The measure imposes new checks on unelected regulatory bodies to curb the economic burden of expansive government. It now goes back to the North Carolina House for consideration.
A regulatory bill cleared another legislative hurdle Wednesday as the North Carolina Senate Committee on Regulatory Reform advanced the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act.
The NC Senate gave its stamp of approval on May 7 to a bill that would allow authorized private-school personnel with concealed-carry permits to carry firearms on school grounds.
The NC General Assembly advanced several health care-related bills this week, addressing Medicaid work requirements, hospital regulatory relief, and broader health-care reforms.
A bill in the North Carolina Senate would give allow authorized private school personnel with concealed carry permits to carry fire firearms on school grounds.
Supporters of rooting out fraud and abuse through the DAVE Act have raised questions over the broad House proposal.
The Senate Committee on Regulatory Reform has moved forward with a bill that would create a “DOGE”-style efficiency department at the state level in North Carolina. State Auditor Dave Boliek stood before the committee to express his support for the bill, which would establish the Division of Accountability, Value, and Efficiency (DAVE) within his office....
Senate Republicans in North Carolina have introduced the DAVE Act. The bill requires each state agency to report to the DAVE on how the agency spends taxpayer funds and instructs Dave Boliek’s office to put together a report by the end of the year on which state agencies and jobs can be cut.
If a regulation created by officials in the executive branch is going to have significant economic impacts upward of $1 million, then the North Carolina General Assembly should have a statutory role in approving the proposed rule, said lawmakers on Tuesday.
“You are not forgotten any longer.” Those were the words spoken by President Donald Trump as he visited Swannanoa in western North Carolina on Friday. Swannanoa was one of many communities devastated by Hurricane Helene in late September.
Two counties in North Carolina have been selected to pilot an Artificial Intelligence (AI) School Safety Program that could soon be installed in all public schools across the state to enhance security measures for student safety.
