by WSIC News | Sep 9, 2021 | WSIC State News
Yesterday, the North Carolina Senate passed a bill reining in Governor Roy Cooper’s emergency powers. No Democrat voted for the bill. The measure, House Bill 264, would require the Council of State to approve a governor’s emergency declaration to allow it...
by WSIC News | Sep 7, 2021 | WSIC State News
Among a list of 11 North Carolina bills Governor Roy Cooper signed into law last week was one generically called “Restrict Certain Vehicle Modifications.” The law, known as HB 692, will do away with a polarizing (and some say dangerous) height adjustment of pickup...
by WSIC News | Sep 3, 2021 | WSIC State News
During the August meeting of the North Carolina Council of State, Governor Roy Cooper indicated that he will not support providing additional extended unemployment benefits when they expire. The Governor’s statement came after State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and...
by WSIC News | Sep 2, 2021 | WSIC State News
A hotly debated bill that would harshen penalties for rioting and inciting a deadly riot in North Carolina is on its way to Governor Roy Cooper. The North Carolina House voted, 63-41, to give House Bill 805 its final approval Tuesday. If it becomes law, a person who...
by WSIC News | Sep 2, 2021 | WSIC State News
ABC 11 is reporting North Carolina Republicans have successfully gotten a bill through the legislature designed to limit how teachers can discuss certain racial concepts in the classroom. House Bill 324, which passed yesterday with a vote of 60-41, is a response to...
