Watch the entire debate with public comment here. The joint legislative Rules Committee spent two hours debating legislation that among other measures would ban abortion after the first trimester of pregnancy with some exceptions, plus spends $160 million on programs including access to birth control, childcare, and other programs. .
State lawmakers file bill to reclaim $500 million in taxpayer funds from NCInnovation
NC House Oversight Committee co-chairs Reps. Harry Warren, R-Rowan, and Jake Johnson, R-Polk, are among the primary sponsors of a bill to clawback half a billion dollars in state taxpayer funds from NCInnovation (NCI), a private nonprofit founded to help commercialize more public university research in the state.