Posts by Frank Iler
Rep. Frank Iler presents a state appropriation check to Ocean Isle Beach for town park expansion
State Representative Frank Iler recently presented a $395,000 state budget grant check to the Town of Ocean Isle beach for the Ocean Isle Beach Phase 2 Park Expansion. The funds were included in the 2022 budget revisions recently passed by the House and signed by the Governor last week. Ocean Isle Beach is one of…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Iler — July 18, 2022
The North Carolina General Assembly had adjourned July 1st, after passing the 2022 budget adjustments by a strong bipartisan vote in both the House and Senate. However, last week the Governor signed the budget bill on Monday, the 11th, after waiting ten days. (FYI, according to the N.C. Constitution, had it not been signed or…
Read MoreRep. Frank Iler helps secure funding for Brunswick County public safety priorities in State Budget
Today, Representative Frank Iler (R-Brunswick) praised the bipartisan budget bill recently signed into law by Governor Roy Cooper. The budget passed both the N.C. House and N.C. Senate by strong bipartisan margins. “This is a responsible, forward-looking, fiscally conservative, bipartisan budget that is good for Brunswick County,” said Rep. Iler. “I’m pleased to have worked…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Iler — June 5, 2022
This past week at the North Carolina General Assembly was filled with bills that had been waiting for consideration and the 2022-2023 budget adjustments on which we had worked since May. This produced a long week that kept us in Raleigh from Monday until Friday. On Friday, we took the final votes in the House…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Iler – June 28, 2022
Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly saw some historic activity. While the national political news overshadowed our work, we were working on issues important to your state. We had bills in the N. C. House dealing with retail theft, sports betting, law enforcement in voting places, business regulations, and honoring a beloved deceased…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Iler — June 13, 2022
Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly was the third week of what is known as the “short session”. We were deep into meetings on the 2022 – 2023 budget, and we voted on several bills concerning arson laws, sex offender laws, virtual learning, and sales tax policy. The state budget in North Carolina…
Read MoreHouse Republicans Call on Governor to End COVID-19 State of Emergency
With the two-year anniversary of Gov. Cooper’s COVID-19 state of emergency declaration this Thursday, March 10, Representative Frank Iler and the entire House Republican Caucus today sent a letter to the Governor calling on him to end his emergency order and allow the state to move forward. The letter was spearheaded by Majority Leader John Bell of Wayne…
Read MoreRep. Frank Iler helps secure $14 million for Boiling Spring Lakes dam replacement
Rep. Frank Iler helped secure $14 million for the Town of Boiling Spring Lakes to help replace dams that were severely damaged during Hurricane Florence in 2018. The funds, which were appropriated in the recently signed state budget, were presented during a check ceremony on Tuesday, March 1. Mayor Jeff Winecoff, former Mayor Craig Caster…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Iler — March 2, 2022
The past two months at the North Carolina General Assembly have been very different, to say the least. Our schedule has been fairly light, as far as voting sessions. It has also been mostly reactive, as far as the court orders on the voting district maps. So, I felt the information in any one week…
Read MoreRep. Frank Iler presents $392,000 state budget appropriation to Ocean Isle Museum Foundation
Representative Frank Iler recently presented a $392,000 check to the Ocean Isle Museum Foundation to support repairs and renovations to the Museum of Coastal Carolina in Ocean Isle Beach and Ingram Planetarium in Sunset Beach. The projects include major repairs and replacement to the roof and walls of the planetarium from the effects of repeated hurricanes…
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