NC General Assembly reconvenes with vetoes and election laws eligible for action
The North Carolina General Assembly returns Monday for a restricted session in which lawmakers may consider veto overrides, election legislation and appointments.
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Workplace violence bill would expand no-contact order law to employers, mass picketing
RALEIGH — A North Carolina House committee is considering legislation that would expand workplace violence prevention law to allow employers, not only employees, to seek civil no-contact orders in certain situations involving threats, mass picketing or blocked access to a workplace.
Leader Reives Statement on DEI Legislation
"This Session's focus on DEI is the same tired playbook we have seen year after year from Republican Leadership: Find a cultural issue that national Republicans are using to divide people and bring it to North Carolina,"
Senate Republicans Reintroduce Election Integrity Legislation
Republicans in the Senate filed Senate Bill 747, a bill that will strengthen election laws, increase confidence in election administration, and align North Carolina with 30 other states by establishing Election Day as the firm deadline for accepting absentee ballots.
Tillis introduces legislation blocking Biden from deploying veterans resources to southern border
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and his colleagues introduced legislation to prevent the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from prioritizing the needs of illegal immigrants over our nation’s veterans as the administration expects a surge at the southern border after the Trump-era immigration policy Title 42 is lifted.
Why Carolinians liked strong legislatures
How should North Carolina be governed? The same question can be asked about any other state in America, or any other country in the world. It’s a critical question. It lies at the heart of every political dispute you can think of, from education reform and environmental protection to tax policy and economic development.
Updated legislative electoral maps pass General Assembly
The N.C. House and Senate gave final approval to redrawn or remedial legislative electoral maps Thursday, after last-minute adjustments delayed the Senate session several times. The House gave largely bipartisan approval to its own map, 115-5, Wednesday night, with five Democrats voting against it. The Senate approved the House's maps, as well, with a 41-3 vote and no comment or change.
State Supreme Court spells out details of redistricting ruling
Ten days after throwing out North Carolina's newly drawn congressional and legislative election maps, the state Supreme Court has produced its formal opinion in the case.
Legislation allowing parents to opt-out of mask requirements to be proposed in state House
Following the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announcement that North Carolina won’t be ending the mask mandate for public school children, N.C. Speaker of the House, Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, stated that the House would be advancing legislation to give parents the ability to opt-out of the mask requirement. Legislation is expected after redistricting.
School closures still on the table this winter
Outgoing N.C. Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen told lawmakers recently that schools could still close in the event of a COVID infection surge this winter. Cohen delivered this news as teachers and students scramble to wrap this semester and kids try to catch up from the year of remote and missed school.
Business-friendly group’s new ratings give GOP advantage with new legislative maps
New legislative election maps would give Republicans an advantage in the 2022 elections. But the GOP would have to win some competitive races to secure majorities in the state House and Senate, according to a newly-released assessment.
The Woodshed: Senate candidate Walker fielding calls about returning to U.S. House
Former N.C. congressman Mark Walker, a Republican candidate for the state's open U.S. Senate seat in 2022, has taken numerous calls urging him to shift gears and try instead to return to the U.S. House. Walker has taken those calls from elected officials in North Carolina and from former House colleagues in other states.