There's a lot that's been happening in the N.C. General Assembly. This is part of a new series that will look at bills the legislature has introduced, the progress they have made in the chamber and what their impact might be on the state moving forward.
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House Bill 2, which would make bottlenose dolphins the North Carolina's first state marine mammal, passed the House unanimously and is waiting for a Senate decision. The bill cites bottlenose dolphins' abundance, athleticism, social habits and appearance for making the animal N.C.'s official marine mammal.
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Of states with a specified minimum age, North Carolina currently has the lowest in the nation.
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The Emergency Powers Accountability Act would require the governor to receive approval from a majority of the Council of State – the collective name for the heads of the state's senior executive offices – before exercising any emergency powers or declaring a state of emergency.
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House Bill 358, introduced on March 22 in the N.C. House of Representatives, would require middle, high school and collegiate athletes to compete on the team correlating with their sex assigned at birth.
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The mirrored bills would expand the definition of a hate crime and increase the scope and scale of punishments for hate crimes. The introduced Hate Crimes Prevention Acts would also require law enforcement training on how to identify and respond to a hate crime. Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said that this act would have impacted his department’s investigation of the 2015 murders of three Muslim students, Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha.
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We can no longer ignore the unique and distinct racism faced by Asian Americans. Progress involves recognizing implicit biases, educating ourselves and, most importantly, pressuring our legislators to enact meaningful change.
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools join districts across the state preparing to welcome students back to the classroom under the new law.
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If both bills are passed, local government could publish legal notices online instead of requiring them to be printed in newspapers.
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Since last March, the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come through a mixture of executive orders and comprehensive relief legislation. Here’s a look back at how it all happened.
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The bill, also known as the Police Funding Protection Act, states any North Carolina city that reduces funds for law enforcement agencies by more than one percent of the city's annual budget will receive an equivalent reduction in state funding.
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U.S. Rep. David Price co-sponsors and votes for the Equality Act, prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. The Equality Act still must be voted upon in the U.S. Senate.
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N.C. legislators filed a bill on Feb. 10 to make Holocaust and genocide education mandatory for public schools, but Durham minister and activist Paul Scott is demanding the bill also include Black history.
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It doesn’t appear to have Gov. Cooper’s support, despite him calling on K-12 school districts across the state to allow in-person instruction earlier in the month.
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The bill has even sparked firm opposition from Orange County's own representatives.
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A chief public defender runs and maintains the public defender's office. They create policies and work on issues such as the disparate impact of court fees, pretrial reform and racial equity.
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“More than anything, I've been humbled by this moment,” Hurtado said. “We've done something that no Latino Democrat has ever done in North Carolina, and with someone that is truly from the community, a huge hurdle, a huge glass ceiling has finally been broken.”
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The committee, called the Juvenile Justice Planning Committee, was established on Sept. 25 to advise the Governor's Crime Commission and administer juvenile justice and delinquency prevention grants from the Department of Justice.
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As another election in North Carolina comes and goes, the state’s perennially purple nature is once again made clear. Though partisanship set the stage for another two years of stalemate, the results of the general election will still have significant impacts across the state.
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In the ninth and final episode, City & State Editor Sonia Rao breaks down the results of the 2020 election with Catawba College professor and N.C. politics expert Michael Bitzer.
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