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New courts panel chairman succeeds beleaguered House member
RALEIGH (AP) A former appeals judge now in the legislature is the new chairman of a panel that recommends legislation on North Carolina’s courts. Gov. Roy Cooper’s office confirmed April 12 he appointed Democratic Rep. Joe John of Raleigh last week. He succeeds Rep. Duane Hall of Raleigh, who resigned in March after only a few […]
North Carolina House majority leader resigning from chamber
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A top leader for House Republicans is leaving the North Carolina General Assembly three months before he was likely to keep his legislative seat on Election Day. House Majority Leader Mike Hager of Rutherfordton said Monday he was resigning effective Tuesday from his seat in the foothills. In an interview, he cited […]
NC lawmakers returning to try to adjourn session
RALEIGH — Most of the North Carolina legislature is returning to Raleigh by week’s end to try to wrap up its three-month work session. The full Senate prepared to convene late Thursday to take up an adjournment resolution that likely will set out what legislation Republicans in the chamber want to consider later in the […]
Lawmakers in last-minute moves over NC budget
RALEIGH — Legislative budget-writers struggled Wednesday to finalize an annual spending document for North Carolina four days after leading lawmakers announced a deal and a day after describing its main points. Chief Senate budget negotiator Sen. Harry Brown, R-Onslow, said a final document would not be complete until late Wednesday. Senators planned to hold the […]
NC House makes concession on lottery advertising
RALEIGH— North Carolina House negotiators made a key budget concession Wednesday following a series of tense exchanges and a walkout by Senate Republicans objecting when school leaders were brought in to bolster the House position on preserving funds for teacher assistants. The House members agreed to give up on expanding lottery advertising spending to generate […]
NC House Republicans roll out new spending bill
RALEIGH— North Carolina House Republicans and Gov. Pat McCrory united Wednesday to try to force the Senate’s hand in sluggish state budget negotiations by pushing a scaled-back spending plan that focuses largely on raising teacher and state employee salaries. But that alliance only seemed to further fracture relations with GOP senators, who remained convinced the […]
House committee approves medicinal oil from pot
RALEIGH, N.C.— Stephen Carlin wept Wednesday after a House committee approved a measure to legalize hemp oil manufactured from a marijuana plant to treat people like his daughter, who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy. Carlin’s daughter, 5-year-old Zora, could be one of thousands of North Carolinians to use hemp oil extract to help […]
NC House takes up $21B state government budget
RALEIGH— The North Carolina House is ready to debate government spending adjustments for next year that differ from the Senate’s proposal on education and health care. House members prepared for several hours of floor debate Thursday before the first of two required votes on the $21 billion plan. The second vote should follow Friday morning. […]
Former NC lawmaker Gulley dies
MATTHEWS – Former North Carolina Rep. Jim Gulley of Matthews has died at age 75. Matthews Mayor Jim Taylor confirmed that Gulley died Tuesday after a long illness. Gulley represented southeastern Mecklenburg County from 1996 until he retired in 2010. Former Mayor Lee Myers said Gulley loved his home town, where he was elected to […]
NC General Assembly returns to work, as do GOP critics
RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers returned to work Wednesday, met by some interest groups calling for the GOP-controlled legislature to reverse course. “We are not in the middle of a Carolina comeback, we are in the middle of a Carolina setback,” said the Rev. William Barber, the head of the state conference of the National […]
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