Legislative Updates

  Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly was short, but we were able to pass some bills that had been lingering in both the House and Senate for a while. In the House they dealt mainly with education, school safety, and public safety.  In southeastern North Carolina we also had a special visitor…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly was short, but as intense as the heat outside in Raleigh. There was controversy over public schools, over sports betting, and over appointments to various boards and commissions.  We also continued debating in committees about healthcare, school safety, and insurance for public schools.  The Governor’s veto of the…

Top Line Points Gov. Roy Cooper and Democrats are holding the entire state budget hostage over their demands for Medicaid expansion. Their political games are hurting students, teachers, schools and colleges who desperately need these vital resources in the budget. From billions in school construction and education funding to millions in teacher raises and classroom…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly started quickly on Monday with a night voting session and saw us handle a full calendar all week. After a week off for July 4 th celebrations, we had a lot to do. The Budget bill, House Bill 966, was back on the calendar for a possible…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly was highlighted by the presentation of the state’s 2019 – 2021 budget, the votes to pass it, and some local bills of interest.  The rhetoric was about as hot as the 90 degrees outside, but was not unusual compared with past budget debates. House Bill 966, the…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly saw budget negotiations go into the third week, a controversial fish bill in the House, and a local project in Oak Island getting sudden attention.  As we were hoping to vote the final budget out of the House and Senate last week, we still had some issues…

The past two weeks have produced less news than usual from the legislature.  However, that all changed last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The House Speaker made a surprise announcement on Wednesday.  Also, the Senate has been working very hard on the state budget which the House sent them early in May, and they passed it…

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly the House was on a reduced schedule, as the Senate worked on the budget.  Some of our committees were still meeting, we began considering more Senate bills that had passed in that chamber and crossed over to ours, we passed a very important transportation bill, and had…

Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly was shorter than usual for the N.C. House of Representatives. While voting on more bills than usual each day, we were able to get back to our districts for meetings with our constituents. We started the week with an unusual Monday voting session starting at 2:00 p.m. …

Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly we were able to vote on over 100 bills in the House, hold an all-day committee meeting on the state budget, and vote the budget out of the House earlier in the year than anyone can remember. The week started early Monday and lasted late each night…