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NC Senate passes election bills shortening early voting, adding audits
The House must decide whether to accept Senate rewrites affecting primary voting, election audits, absentee ballots and ballot challenges.
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Senate votes to bar Medicaid for Planned Parenthood; boost price transparency
The Senate passed a bill Monday to increase transparency for patients receiving medical care and stop state funding through Medicaid from going to Planned Parenthood.
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Major health bill heads to Senate floor for a vote
A House Bill that provides funding for the Medicaid rebase and funds the NC Children's Hospital is headed to the Senate floor for a vote after passing in the Senate’s Appropriations/Base Budget Committee on Monday.
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Interim legislative committee appointments announced
In a press release out on Tuesday afternoon, Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, announced the names of lawmakers appointed to interim committees for the 2025-26 legislative session. The North Carolina General Assembly “As we prepare for next year’s legislative session, these committees will get to work examining the most pressing issues facing our state,” Berger said. “I...
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NC Senate Dems use anti-DEI bill to go after school choice
A bill aimed at curbing the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion agenda in public school classrooms cleared the Senate on March 11 in a party-line vote. Democrats attempted to amend the bill to weaken North Carolina’s two school-choice programs.
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State lawmakers will visit schools of choice to celebrate National School Choice Week
National School Choice Week kicks off on Sunday, and a variety of events are planned across North Carolina to celebrate educational access. Legislators, students, families, and educators are taking part in a series of school tours and interactive read-alouds to spotlight the diverse educational options available to families in the Tar Heel State. On Jan. 27...
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Attempt to shame black legislators over budget vote backfires
After a long slog, the NC General Assembly passed a budget with supermajority support, including bipartisan support in the state House. Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper even said he’d rest his itchy veto finger and allow the bill to become law. Cooper, who has double the vetoes of all previous governors combined, decided not to add...
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Sen Applewhite receives ‘frightening’ messages after women’s sports bill vote
Following her vote on Tuesday, Sen. Val Applewhite, D-Cumberland, found herself receiving “frightening” messages after voting in favor of H.B. 574, “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act.” Other than Applewhite, the vote fell along party lines, passing by a margin of 31-17. The bill would prevent transgender athletes who are biologically male from participating in women’s sports....
Opinion
Kyle Parrish was right
It’s a tough time to be a Democrat in North Carolina. The state Supreme Court, which had been a kind of Democrat superlegislature that tossed out conservative law and precedent based on novel interpretations, is now solidly in the hands of Republicans. Both U.S. senators from North Carolina are Republicans. And both chambers of the...
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Surprising Democrat NCGA seats may be at risk in November
Some solidly held Democratic seats in the state House and Senate in North Carolina may be at risk in this November’s General Election.
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Uphill battle for GOP supermajority in the N.C. General Assembly
What are the chances of the GOP winning a supermajority in North Carolina's General Assembly in this November's General Election? While the probability of that happening looked pretty good earlier in the year, many experts say the chances for that happening have now diminished.
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Big tent for me but not for thee: Cooper’s Democratic Party
The Democrats pride themselves on being a big-tent party; they claim to be the most diverse and welcoming among the two main political parties. However, they’re only welcoming and inclusive in practice if you are flying the same banner of progressive ideology and purist loyalty. The “NCPOL Universe” got a dose of this in the past primary election...
