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The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the weeks ahead whether the General Assembly must redraw election maps again for the 2024 election cycle.
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 @ 8:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. lawmakers accuse redistricting plaintiffs of trying to "disestablish" the General Assembly's authority to draw state election maps.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2022 @ 3:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The latest offering from NCHA on CON Reform looks to increase the monopolistic hold hospitals have in North Carolina according to Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2022 @ 2:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I’ve covered politics for 35 years, so let me tell you one thing I’ve learned: the president of the party you oppose is not always wrong.
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 1:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As the North Carolina General Assembly plans to return to Raleigh Tuesday, The N.C. Healthcare Association has indicated a potential break in the standoff over certificate-of-need reform. Disagreements involving CON have helped block a deal for Medicaid expansion.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 11:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The policy is sound; the soundness of the policy’s implementation is still yet to be determined.
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 10:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After the devastating impact of Hurricane Matthew in 2016, the N.C. General Assembly appropriated funds to Golden LEAF to help communities recover by restoring critical government services.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2022 @ 12:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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...so you don't have to.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 12:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Friday, State Sen. Bob Steinburg is expected to announce he is resigning his seat in the N.C. General Assembly. He will officially resign at the end of the month, telling Carolina Journal that he plans a future career in legislative advocacy.
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2022 @ 8:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With the General Assembly still adjourned, Governor Roy Cooper signed the state budget into law on Monday.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 10:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The decision allows legislative leaders to defend voter ID themselves instead of just relying on Attorney General Josh Stein
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 11:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly adjourned last week, concluding the majority of its work for the 2022 legislative short session.
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 @ 8:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. General Assembly approved legislation this week that would require N.C. sheriffs to contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they cannot confirm the immigration status of someone in their custody accused of some serious and violent crimes.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2022 @ 7:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly has voted to adjourn on Friday, July 1 to a date certain, meaning the 2021-2023 legislative biennium will not formally come to an end on Friday.
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 8:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Friday, July 1st, 2022 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly was full of activity this week with various committees acting on a myriad of policy legislation as the legislature looks to wind down committee work ahead of adjournment as early as the end of this month.
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2022 @ 9:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Even in the bastion of duplicity, representatives in Washington D.C. must attach their names to their pork spending projects in a piece of legislation, a bare minimum for transparency’s sake.
Published: Friday, June 24th, 2022 @ 2:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly’s short session continued this week with committee work and floor sessions in both chambers. As policy work begins to wind down, the largest item still left on the table for the legislature to tackle is addressing 2022-2023 state budget adjustments.
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 @ 2:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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HB755, also known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights, isn’t the most egregious legislation to ever pass our General Assembly. That crown will forever belong to HB2, the so-called bathroom bill.
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2022 @ 1:02 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Members of the General Assembly continued working at a fast pace this week, moving bills quickly through committee and floor votes, in an effort to meet their self-imposed July 1 adjournment deadline.
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The General Assembly continued taking up significant, and at times controversial, policy items this week.
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2022 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The average foster child in North Carolina has been in seven different living environments, like homes or facilities, and is on six prescriptions,” Sen. Jim Burgin, R-Harnett
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 @ 8:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday the N.C. General Assembly’s Senate leadership announced a health care proposal that includes Medicaid expansion under the federal entitlement program, the Affordable Care Act.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly convenes the 2022 short session after the longest long session in state history concluded in March.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 1:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina General Assembly convened the 2022 short session Wednesday, May 18 after the longest long session in state history concluded in March.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 @ 11:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday the Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly and the Office of State Budget and Management released a revised revenue forecast for the Fiscal Year 2021-2023 biennium.
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2022 @ 12:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh says the General Assembly granted the city permission in 1949 to charge fees linked to extending and enlarging its water and sewer system.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 1:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On March 10th our General Assembly adjourned a session that spanned 14 months, starting in January of 2021.
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2022 @ 9:51 am
By: Tom Campbell
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This week, the General Assembly returned to Raleigh and took up several votes, including an adjournment resolution for the 2021 session.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 9:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The General Assembly did not conduct any public business this week.
Published: Sunday, March 6th, 2022 @ 9:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new partisan index for seats in the N.C. General Assembly shows a nearly even split between Republicans and Democrats headed into the midterm elections.
Published: Sunday, March 6th, 2022 @ 8:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly did not convene this week, but there was still activity in Raleigh.
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 @ 8:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In my previous research brief, I noted how the General Assembly could use the findings of the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses to help them draw districts in compliance with the North Carolina Supreme Court’s February 4 ruling in North Carolina League of Conservation Voters v. Hall.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"It was a spit in the face."
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 @ 3:13 am
By: Daily Wire
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