The N.C. House in a concurrence vote passed House Bill 264, Emergency Powers Accountability Act, 66-44, on Wednesday, Oct. 20. Specifically, the legislation requires the governor to get concurrence from the Council of State for an emergency declaration lasting more than seven days.
Getting to know my patients and learning about their lives has always been one of the highlights of my career as a family nurse practitioner. That love of helping people is also what inspires me to serve my fellow North Carolinians in the NC House. It is a privilege to help both my constituents and my patients.
Wake County State Senator Wiley Nickel, D-Wake, will run to replace David Price in North Carolina's 4th Congressional District. The deep blue district currently covers Orange, Durham, and parts of Wake County.
U.S. Congressman David Price, D-4th District, will not seek reelection. Sources are telling Carolina Journal that Price, 81, is currently making calls telling Democratic leaders that this will be his last congressional term and he's expected to make an official announcement soon.
As legislative members prepare for another week of redistricting committee meetings and budget talks, North Carolina is more than three months into the new fiscal year. The state still does not have a budget in place. Both the House and Senate have passed their versions but there is a new aspect of the process that hopefully Governor Roy Cooper will agree to so that a new budget will be passed by his administration.
Third-quarter fundraising numbers for U.S. Senate candidates in North Carolina show little separation between the Republican front-runners, former Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Rep. Ted Budd. On the Democrat side, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley is solidifying her position as the front-runner.
A few weeks ago, the Associated Press and a nonprofit journalism outfit called The Markup released a dataset and news stories purporting to prove the existence of pervasive discrimination against racial minorities by mortgage lenders. The McClatchy newspapers in North Carolina (The Charlotte Observer, The News & Observer in Raleigh, and the Herald-Sun in Durham) splashed the Markup/AP findings across their front pages and contributed additional reporting about the North Carolina-specific data.
Chief Justice Paul Newby has appointed District Court Judge James Moore to serve as chief district court judge for Onslow County effective November 1, 2021. Judge Moore will fill the vacancy left by Chief District Court Judge Sarah Seaton who will retire on October 31.
Pöppelmann Plastics USA LLC, a plastics manufacturer, will create 133 new jobs in Catawba County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest more than $19.2 million to increase its manufacturing campus in the City of Claremont.
State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, acknowledged today that he received a letter from the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) requesting that North Carolina join others in “the immediate divestiture of Unilever [Ben & Jerry’s] holdings in all public pension funds managed and controlled by the State of North Carolina.”
Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law:
Republicans in Congress, including those representing North Carolina, are seeking detailed answers from the Biden administration over the United States’ catastrophic exit from Afghanistan.
