2023 Session News Today

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey reinstated three high-ranking state officials after firing them as part of a power struggle with the General Assembly. State law required him to.

Years after more than 1 million North Carolinians struggled with long delays in receiving their unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, state legislators are seeking answers on what went wrong and how to fix the problems in the future.

Republican lawmakers passed bills this year reworking key state boards and stripping the governors office of some of his appointment powers. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper sued over that legislation.

Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

A new state law will make UNC Health and ECU Health workers ineligible for the state pension plan. Hospital leaders say theyll create a better retirement system. But North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell says it threatens the pensions of all state workers.

Newly proposed election maps are expected to tilt North Carolinas congressional delegation to the right and maintain GOP majorities in state legislative chambers. Republican lawmakers, who drew the maps in secret, went over them in public for the first time Thursday.

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 -- "Theres always an opportunity, at really the snap of a finger, for them to undo this," said State Treasurer Dale Folwell. Snap to legislators. Heed Folwells advice. Repeal abusive secrecy laws.

There are a couple of problems with North Carolinas new driver license laws. Customers may not notice, because the legislature can fix them both.

Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 -- Contrary to the behavior of North Carolinas legislative leaders, elections arent the private providence of the elected. They are the way the citizens grant their legislators the privilege of representing them and nothing about that process should be secret.