Currently, craft distilleries in North Carolina face much harsher regulations than the state’s craft breweries. The North Carolina General Assembly is looking to modernize the state's alcohol laws.
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Cooper's veto created controversial commentary from those in favor of the bill.
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A new proposed bill in the North Carolina Senate would allow DACA recipients to pay in-state tuition at UNC-system schools, allowing more affordable access to post-secondary education.
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“Ten years ago, we had about 2.4 million bee hives in the United States back when colony collapse was making all the headlines.”
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North Carolina General Assembly seeks to eliminate the gender pay wage gap by passing a bill to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of gender.
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A medical marijuana bill floating through the General Assembly is sparking safety questions for students.
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A new bill in the N.C. Senate aims to help people get treatment for opioid addiction by making medication more accessible and allowing the state to subsidize supplies for treatment programs.
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The bill requires sheriffs to comply with immigration detainer requests and restricts counties and cities from barring federal law enforcement officials from entering the confinement states.
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N.C. Sen. Tom McInnis, R-Anson, introduced a bill that would make out-of-state students at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State to pay $5,000 more in tuition for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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A bill that aims to make North Carolina the 11th state in the country to mandate Holocaust and genocide education might be in effect by the 2019-20 school year.
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“We can’t count on a blue wave like a natural occurrence, it’s got to be a man-made wave and a woman-made wave."
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The North Carolina law outlawing abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, except in life-threatening situations, was declared unconstitutional.
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Three bills were recently filed in N.C. legislature that would significantly increase protections for LGBT citizens, including banning discrimination based on sexual and identity, fully repealing H.B. 2 and banning conversion therapy.
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North Carolina is considering a new bill to legalize medical marijuana. Some research shows it could help with physical and mental health disabilities, but other research suggests growing marijuana could harm the environment.
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“As long as they are identified when they come to vote and we have removed the barriers for that to happen, that is all good democracy and it’s what this country ought to be about."
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The ERA was first introduced in 1923. If ratified, the amendment would ensure equal pay for women and make sex-based discrimination illegal.
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State legislation may overrule local law enforcement, particularly county sheriffs, forcing them to comply with ICE detainers after they've made statements against doing so.
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N.C. Rep. Nasif Majeed, D-District 99, is a part of the 1 percent of non-Christians in the General Assembly. “I’m an elected official, and I have served many years in the city of Charlotte, and my service was linked to the people and being a representative for the people," he said. "My religion, I just happen to be a Muslim." Read about Majeed's experiences with politics and religion, and about House Bill 312, or the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which he introduced to the legislature earlier this month.
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Following the New Zealand shooting and a large academic admission scandal, Price took questions from citizens concerned about gun laws, access to higher education and a looming government shut down.
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Ice cream might join North Carolina's state symbols as the official frozen treat, but the bill still needs to pass.
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