N.C. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in latest Leandro case
The court will decide in the coming months if the judicial branch has the constitutional right to order the legislative branch to appropriate money for ...
Read More »The court will decide in the coming months if the judicial branch has the constitutional right to order the legislative branch to appropriate money for ...
Read More »The N.C. General Assembly is the legislative body for the state of North Carolina. The general assembly is made up of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The legislative process works much like congress. A bill must be passed by both houses and is sent to the governor for approval before it becomes a law.
The general assembly has a direct effect on the University and how it runs. Every two years the assembly appropriates money for the UNC system in its biennial budget. During that time the budget for UNC-Chapel Hill is discussed and decided.
The first Republican majorities in both chambers of the legislature since 1898 were elected in the November 2010 general election, and they convened in January 2011.
Both N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland, Rutherford) and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Guilford, Rockingham) sponsored a bill ...
Read More »Late last month, Phil Berger (R-Guilford, Rockingham), the N.C. Senate president pro tempore, confirmed the state legislature plans to expand ...
Read More »Orr's lawsuit asks the court to officially establish an unenumerated right to fair elections and to declare that the maps passed by the General Assembly ...
Read More »Gov. Roy Cooper sat down with City & State Editor Ethan E. Horton to discuss his priorities on gun violence and young voter mobilization before ...
Read More »“It's kind of a win-win," Dr. Elizabeth Tilson, the state health director and chief medical officer of the NCDHHS, said. "It allows us to ...
Read More »Faculty expressed concerns over the initial development of the school and funding outlined in the N.C. General Assembly budget.
Read More »In 2022 alone, North Carolina imported $303 million worth of Israeli goods, with the largest import being electric machinery. The state exported $146 ...
Read More »After the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans in the N.C. House fell one seat short of a supermajority. But, N.C. Rep. Tricia Cotham’s partisan ...
Read More »Here are some of the most important environmental laws introduced by the N.C. General Assembly — passed, overridden and stalled — this year.
Read More »The Ohio amendment that enshrined abortion in the state constitution was a citizen-led ballot referendum. But, in North Carolina, constitutional amendments ...
Read More »S.B. 20, which went into effect on July 1, bans most abortions in North Carolina after 12 weeks of pregnancy and requires patients to attend an in-person ...
Read More »The plaintiffs in a federal suit — Rodney D. Pierce and Moses Matthews, who are both Black voters in the newly drawn District 2 — argue ...
Read More »The new age requirement for adults earning up to 138% of the federal poverty line is 19 to 64 years old.
Read More »“I always thought it was the next honor one would aspire to, to be given this kind of position, and I appreciated it very much,” Philip Gura, UNC’s ...
Read More »"Recently, the Board of Governors approved a new policy for the state budget that non-STEM professors in the UNC System can no longer receive distinguished ...
Read More »Rep. Jeff Jackson (D-N.C. 14th) announced his run for North Carolina attorney general on Thursday morning. This comes one day after he was drawn out of ...
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