The Senate voted 29-20 for the bill. The fast-tracked legislation emerged the previous day after months of private negotiations among House and Senate GOP members. It is headed to the desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper later that day. Cooper, a strong abortion-rights supporter, vowed to...
The North Carolina Senate voted 46-1 on March 26 to approvenlegislation aimed at helping Duke Energy Progress Inc.'s proposednpurchase of North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency's, ornNCEMPA's, interest in four power plants.Darren Sweeney...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's usually reticent first lady Ann McCrory continued her push to prevent animal cruelty by operators of large dog breeding facilities as she urged the state Senate on Wednesday to take action. McCrory said the Senate s
A North Carolina bill that proponents say would give parents greater authority over their children’s education and health is heading to the Senate floor, but critics say the measure would harm young LGBTQ people. The bill would require public school personnel to alert parents, in most cir...
An appeals court on Thursday weighed a plea to halt the use of two new North Carolina state Senate districts starting this year on arguments the boundaries approved by the Republican-controlled legislature illegally weaken the ability of Black voters in a large region to elect their favored candi...
the full unc board of governors is scheduled to meet may 22-23 in raleigh. members of the board are elected to four-year terms by the state senate and house of representatives, which republicans have controlled since 2011. republican house speaker tim moore said fellow republicans have ...
Senate leader Phil Berger said later Thursday he didn't know yet whether fellow Republicans in his chamber were interested in ending the program, rather than just repurposing some of the money. The House measure revives a pair of provisions that the chamber approved in...
SC Senate may soon debate SC-NC state line billSouth Carolina senators to debate bill that clarifies state line with North Carolina.WNCN
Senate Committee approves FY 03 VA-HUD bill.(2003 Veterans Administration, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies )(Brief Article)Kocheisen, CarolRigsby, DeborahWhite, MelissaDailey, John