Displaying items by tag: NC House of Representatives
Brewer running for District 66 House seat
ROCKINGHAM — Rep. Scott Brewer announced Thursday that he intends to run to keep the District 66 seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Redistricting decision could delay NCGA primaries, elections board says
RALEIGH — With 2020 primaries quickly approaching, the State Board of Elections says it will need contested election maps by early December.
Democratic leader challenges Republicans to take lie-detector test
RALEIGH — Rep. Darren Jackson, D-Wake, wants Republican leaders to take a polygraph. He says he’ll pay for it.
House budget passes initial vote by narrow margin along party lines
RALEIGH — The House passed its $24.5 billion General Fund budget for 2019-20 by a 61-54 margin on Thursday, May 2, after spending three hours wrestling with 34 amendments.
House budget lower than so-called TABOR limit but savings suffer
RALEIGH — The House proposed budget lowers some taxes, creates others, and cuts against the grain of past Republican efforts to prioritize savings reserves as a rainy day buttress to economic downturns and natural disasters.
GUEST EDITORIAL: NC lawmakers want to waste $500M on hospital markups
In a standoff pitting patients and taxpayers against the powerful state hospital lobby, a majority of your representatives in the N.C. House voted against your interests this week.
NCGA General Fund budget $24 billion, $500 million less than governor’s
RALEIGH — Republican legislative leaders have reached agreement on a 2019-20 General Fund budget cap of slightly more than $24 billion, shaving about $500 million from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposed spending plan.
House Committee approves bills changing school performance grades
RALEIGH — Lawmakers in the House are working to give the Senate some options for changing how school performance grades are calculated, including one change that would split the single performance grade into two separate grades for achievement and growth.
School bond passes initial House vote with bipartisan support
RALEIGH — A nearly $2 billion school construction bond proposal sailed through its initial House vote with bipartisan support.
Richmond County state House candidate charged with identity theft, card fraud in Stanly County
ALBEMARLE — Joshua Jesus Flores, a candidate for District 66 of the North Carolina House of Representatives, was scheduled to appear in Stanly County Superior Court on multiple charges on Monday, Jan. 28.
