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North Carolina bill to reopen K-12 schools could finalize this week

AP / WXII 12 – A bill to reopen K-12 schools across North Carolina could be finalized this week. North Carolina House lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill to compel …
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NC Senate bill takes aim at hunters in effort to protect deer population

4 years ago  •  NC General Assembly, Environment

FOX 46 – Deer hunting season may have just ended, but lawmakers in Raleigh are getting a head start for next season with a bill in the North Carolina Senate. …
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Rural lawmakers say too much of NC’s vaccine going to mass vaccination sites

4 years ago  •  NC General Assembly, COVID-19

Laura Leslie, WRAL — Lawmakers from rural counties are calling on state health officials to hold off on more vaccination mega-sites until the state starts getting more vaccine, arguing that …
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N.C. bill mandating K-12 school reopening OK’d by House

Bryan Anderson, AP – North Carolina House lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill to compel K-12 school districts to offer at least partial in-person instruction to the state’s 1.5 million …
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N.C. Senate approves bill requiring K-12 schools to reopen

Bryan Anderson, AP – North Carolina state senators approved a bill Tuesday requiring K-12 public schools to reopen with at least partial in-person instruction made available to the state’s 1.5 …
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R.C. Soles Jr., former North Carolina lawmaker, dead at 86

4 years ago  •  NC General Assembly

AP — Robert Charles “R.C.” Soles Jr., a former North Carolina lawmaker who served in the General Assembly for more than four decades, has died. He was 86. Soles, of …
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NC House approves relief bill for state bar owners

4 years ago  •  NC General Assembly, Business

Kristy Kepley-Steward, WLOS – The North Carolina House approved legislation Thursday that extends deferrals for ABC permit renewal fees to benefit bar owners unexpectedly hit with renewal bills last month …
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NC lawmakers pass COVID relief, advance K-12 reopening bill

4 years ago  •  NC General Assembly, Education, COVID-19

Bryan Anderson, AP — North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a coronavirus relief bill that sends federal money approved by Congress in December to schools for reopening, public health …
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NC Senate OK’s bill distributing federal COVID relief money

Bryan Anderson, AP — North Carolina state senators on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill to distribute money the state has secured through the federal government’s December stimulus package. If approved …
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NC General Assembly bill would change legal marriage age from 14 to 18

4 years ago  •  NC General Assembly

WNCN — Lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly have drawn up legislation that would amend the legal marriage age in the state from 14 to 18 if passed. According …
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