RALEIGH (AP) Gov. Roy Cooper has signed the only piece of legislation the North Carolina General Assembly had on his desk when it adjourned — one that restored early in-person voting on the Saturday before Election Day this year only. ...

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Raleigh (AP) The North Carolina General Assembly has decided new restrictions should be placed upon North Carolina’s governor when the governor names someone to temporarily fill a U.S. Senate seat vacated by death or resignation. The House gave final legislative ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The North Carolina General Assembly is making quick work of approving adjustments to the second year of the two-year state government budget. House and Senate Republicans reached an agreement on a nearly $24 billion plan more than a ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The opening day of North Carolina’s General Assembly session will be marked by thousands of teachers descending on the Legislative Building to lobby for more school funding and higher salaries. The gavels go down on the House and ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Added redistricting, retirements and open seats in North Carolina’s General Assembly led to primary election victories May 8 by candidates distinct from the state capital’s power brokers. The otherwise sleepy races picking major-party candidates for most of the legislature’s ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly sounds prepared to leave town for the year by this weekend. The House and Senate planned to keep working Friday and resolve outstanding differences they have in their annual work session ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — A veteran North Carolina House member is stepping down at the close of this year’s work session to become head of an advocacy group for the poor. Rep. Rick Glazier of Fayetteville has served in the legislature ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly has completed its marathon week of committee and floor debate that allowed topics in about 200 more bills to stay alive for consideration in this two-year session. Legislators ended deliberations Thursday, its ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina House worked into the wee hours Thursday to wrap up a marathon week after passing scores of bills before a deadline designed to separate what lawmakers consider the best ideas from the rest of ...

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New legislators have been sworn in, gavels (and lots of them) have been handed out, and the starting gun has sounded on North Carolina’s 2015 legislative session. Among the slew of issues facing this year’s legislature is how to address ...

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