House Democrats held a press conference to discuss the lowlights of the 2023 Legislative Session. Republican leaders have enacted policies that coalesce more power into their own hands at the expense of the Executive and Judicial Branches, and most importantly, at the expense of North Carolina’s citizens.
Governor Cooper's spokesman Jordan Monaghan issued the following comment on the three judge panel's ruling in Wake County on the General Assembly's unconstitutional seizure of appointments to executive branch boards and commissions:
This week North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, visited the U.S. southern border with Mexico.
RALEIGH — Since Republican lawmakers won majorities in both houses of the General Assembly in 2010, they’ve been reforming North Carolina’s tax system. They’ve broadened the bases of state taxes, reduced tax rates, diminished or eliminated special-interest tax breaks, and simplified the code.
The Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Party, and two local GOP officials are asking a federal court to allow them to intervene in three lawsuits challenging the state’s new election law.
North Carolina U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd are looking for answers about the level of fentanyl and other drugs coming into the country and communities across North Carolina. In a letter sent Thursday to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the senators listed key questions for Biden administration officials and want answers within a month.
There are a lot of efforts from politicians, from both sides of the aisle, right now to protect children from online dangers.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson will run for N.C. Attorney General, he announced in a statement Thursday morning.
Imagine putting a mother in jail because authorities determined that, over the course of her pregnancy, she should have exercised more, drank less coffee and taken more prenatal vitamins.
The state Supreme Court has granted a discretionary review of North Carolina’s long-running school funding case to address whether the trial court lacked “subject matter jurisdiction” when it ordered the state to spend an additional $677 million on a sweeping school improvement plan.
(Raleigh, N.C.) Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, is calling today for the State Health Plan (Plan) Board of Trustees to end coverage of popular GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Saxenda for the purpose of weight loss until the drugs’ manufacturer, Danish multinational Novo Nordisk, prices the drugs fairly.
Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. sent a letter alongside Doctors Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M., and Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to probe physician workforce shortages and the misallocation of graduate medical education (GME) slots.
