Republicans spent a long time yearning for power in the state capital.
Now that they have it, they have no plans to waste it, or take their time using it.
When the General Assembly convenes this week for another lawmaking session, the Republicans, who now control both the House and Senate, plan to quickly parlay their 2010 […]
When he was asked how this year’s historic legislative session will be different, incoming Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger couldn’t resist a quip.
“Well, I’ve never had as many of you show up for something like this before,” Berger laughed. “In fact, I couldn’t even give tickets away.”
For the past two sessions, Berger has been […]
Though two months of winter remain, the state Department of Transportation and some local governments have nearly depleted their annual budgets for handling snow and ice. The transportation department had already spent more than $25 million on managing slippery roadways through the end of last week, much of it during the major storm that began […]
Juvenile Justice ( News & Observer)
A coalition of child advocacy groups wants Gov. Beverly Perdue to alter her government reorganization plans so that the agency that deals with kids in trouble be sent to a department geared toward social services rather than one associated with criminal punishment. As part of a large-scale reorganization proposal, Perdue […]
After a year spent crunching numbers and gathering input from an array of stakeholders, a national nonprofit organization is on the verge of rolling out a robust legislative package to guide North Carolina’s criminal justice system for decades, officials said.
Robert Coombs, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit Council of State Governments, which has collaborated […]
RALEIGH, N.C. House Democrats voted Tuesday to keep outgoing Speaker Joe Hackney as their leader although they’ve been reduced to the minority as Republicans are poised to control the chamber alone for the first time in 12 years.
Democrats elected to the House last month met privately Tuesday at the Legislative Building and voted unanimously for […]
Nationwide demand for mass transit steadily grew in the decade prior to 2008 and transit ridership reached record highs that year, concludes a recently released Government Accountability Office report. This increased demand for services presents both opportunities and challenges in the years ahead.
“Population growth and other factors are likely to increase future ridership demand, but […]
The Republicans are about to shrink the House committee structure.
House Speaker-Elect Thom Tillis said the GOP caucus plans to shrink the number of House committees by one third when it takes over in January.
He said a caucus committee has been looking at the committee structure and has found the North Carolina House has more committees […]
State Sen. Martin Nesbitt will be his chamber’s minority leader next session.
Senate Democrats, who will be in the minority for the first time in more than 100 years, chose the Asheville Democrat in a unanimous vote during a closed-door meeting this afternoon.
Nesbitt, who has been the majority leader for about a year, said he was […]
Gov. Beverly Perdue said Monday that she had considered calling lawmakers into a special session early next month to seek emergency budgetary powers, but decided against the move due to potential costs. Perdue said it was hard to justify the $1 million per day it costs to have the legislature in session. “Someone would have to […]
