NC House speaker: Transgender sports bill has been set aside
Gary Robertson, AP – The North Carolina General Assembly won’t advance legislation this year preventing transgender girls and women from competing in school sports labeled for biologically female athletes, a top legislative …
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Senators dial back their push to stop 14-year-olds from marrying in NC
Danielle Battaglia, News & Observer – Senators walked back a proposed bill that would ban child marriages in North Carolina, but amended it to match the state’s laws on statutory rape. …
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NC lawmakers opt to keep century-old law against adultery
Lucille Sherman, News & Observer – North Carolinians can still sue a person who has an affair with their spouse, after a handful of lawmakers killed a bill that would …
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Democrat Bo Hess joins fight for 11th Congressional District seat
WLOS – A new candidate has entered the running for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District seat. Democrat Bo Hess said intends to seek the Democratic nomination in the race. Hess …
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More government worker info public in N Carolina Senate bill
Gary Robertson, AP – More details about why North Carolina state and local government employees and educators were demoted, suspended or transferred would be made public under legislation that cleared …
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Revised NC highway litter bill drops higher fines but adds money for inmate cleanups
Richard Stradling, News & Observer – A bill that had proposed to double the fines for littering in North Carolina has been revised to instead bolster government efforts to clean …
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Rep. Ted Budd enters North Carolina U.S. Senate race
Bryan Anderson, AP – North Carolina U.S. Rep. Ted Budd announced Wednesday morning that he will seek the Republican nomination for the 2022 Senate election. The staunch ally of former …
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Interest on NC taxes paid waived in bill signed by Cooper
AP – North Carolina income tax filers won’t have to pay interest on payments turned in by the new May 17 deadline in a bill signed into …
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NC teachers pay $50 to take a personal day. This bill would change that.
Travis Fain, WRAL – Teachers wouldn’t have to pay $50 a day any more to take a personal leave under a bill that moved forward Tuesday at the statehouse. Right …
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‘Bad apples’: Police, teacher, UNC disciplinary records would be public under GOP bill
Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, News & Observer – A government-transparency bill would make police, teachers’ and other public employees’ disciplinary records public. The bill comes as there is more scrutiny nationwide …
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