Bill to eliminate state income tax on military retirement pay passes key House committee
Jeff Thompson, Up and Coming Weekly – On April 1, the House Finance Committee gave a favorable report to bipartisan legislation (House Bill 83) that will eliminate the state income …
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N.C. bill would ban treatment for trans people under 21
Bryan Anderson, AP – Three North Carolina Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Monday that would prevent doctors from performing gender reassignment surgery for transgender people younger than 21.
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Pregnant in chains: Bipartisan push grows to end shackling of NC inmates during labor
Will Doran, News & Observer – In the summer of 2019, a pregnant woman started going into labor in jail. Guards chained her up, put her in a transport van …
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Despite public outcry, NC county will buy ex-senator’s horse farm for over $1 million
Will Doran, News & Observer – For $1.25 million, Onslow County on North Carolina’s coast is getting nearly 155 acres of land complete with a horse farm, wedding venue, ponds …
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Bar lobbyists from UNC Board of Governors, a new bill says. 3 of them are members now.
Lucille Sherman and Kate Murphy, News & Observer – A Republican lawmaker in his first full term as state senator is moving to eliminate a layer of political influence from …
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U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Jackson raises about $1.3 million
AP – North Carolina Democratic senate candidate Jeff Jackson raised nearly $1.3 million since entering the race in January, his campaign announced on Monday. The campaign said it received contributions through …
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NC Republicans waning in fight against Medicaid expansion, Democrats say. What’s changed?
Danielle Battaglia, News & Observer – North Carolina Democrats say this could be the year Republican lawmakers agree to pass a Medicaid expansion — but under a different name. “I …
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Cooper taps first African American to head Rockingham Elections Board
Susie C. Spear, Rockingham Now – A week after the resignation of Rockingham County Board of Elections Chairman Royce Richardson, Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday appointed Democrat and veteran educator …
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100 NC lawmakers signed onto a health care bill. Then donors started calling.
Lucille Sherman, News & Observer – In North Carolina’s sharply divided legislature, where few pieces of high-profile legislation receive bipartisan support, lawmakers from both parties are backing a bill that, …
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Big effort aims to elect candidates with science backgrounds
Brian Anderson, AP – An advocacy group plans to spend millions next year to elect more doctors, scientists and other professionals to office, arguing the pandemic and Donald Trump’s handling …
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