Walk into almost any gas station in North Carolina and you’ll find gummies and vapes in bright, candy-colored packaging with names designed to appeal to children. They look harmless, but they aren’t. These are hemp-derived THC products, and right now, North Carolina has no age restrictions on their sale, meaning children can legally buy them.
Several recent state government and legislative items touch on coastal conservation, environmental permitting, fisheries policy, law enforcement recognition, state tax enforcement, workforce training and possible upcoming action on the state budget and constitutional amendments.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Josh Stein’s Council on Workforce and Apprenticeships is launching an effort to engage 50,000 employers as partners in North Carolina’s workforce development system.
BURGAW, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and Four County Electric Membership Corporation have broken ground on a $6.3 million electric grid resilience project intended to strengthen service in eastern North Carolina.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A House committee is scheduled to consider a bill next week that would create a $50 million loan program for infrastructure tied to affordable housing development.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A Senate committee is scheduled to consider two proposed constitutional amendments Monday, one protecting the right to farm and engage in forestry and another placing right-to-work language in the North Carolina Constitution.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A new Senate bill would ask North Carolina voters whether to lower the maximum income tax rate allowed under the state constitution from 7% to 3.5%.
Several recent state government items touch on public safety, tax enforcement, consumer protection, public health, agriculture, coastal permitting and workforce policy.
North Carolina lawmakers returned to Raleigh Thursday with the House calendar still carrying several vetoed bills under unfinished business and the Senate scheduled to introduce a broad tax bill.
A Wake County Superior Court judge has ordered a wedding photography company sued by the North Carolina Department of Justice to provide undelivered photos and videos to customers within 30 days.
