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A group has launched a six-figure campaign in North Carolina alongside Democrats to protect access to birth control.

A change in the state budget gives expanded powers to an oversight commission headed by Republican leaders. Democrats say the commission will operate as the Republican-controlled legislature’s ‘secret police.’

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Members of Americans for Contraception are calling on state lawmakers to protect the use of contraception.  Tuesday, they rallied outside the General Assembly calling for lawmakers to pass SB 540, also known as the “Right to Use Contraception Act.” The bill would protect condoms, pills, IUD’s and other forms of contraception […]

The Republican-controlled North Carolina General Assembly has given its initial approval to a long-delayed state budget. The spending plan is set to speed up individual income tax cuts, broaden private-school

(The Center Square) – North Carolina’s biennial budget moved closer to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk with approvals in the House and Senate on Thursday, despite numerous objections from Democrats in

The Republican-controlled General Assembly gave initial approval Thursday to a long-delayed North Carolina budget

A provision in the state budget would give immense new powers to a legislative committee. Republican lawmakers say they need it to hold the executive branch accountable. Democrats say GOP leaders are giving themselves the power to enact political retribution.

The months-late state budget bill goes to Gov. Roy Cooper, who said he would let the bill become law without his signature.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican-controlled General Assembly gave initial approval Thursday to a long-delayed North Carolina budget that speeds up individual income tax cuts, broadens private-school scholarships to all K-12 children and initiates other right-leaning changes. If enacted the final plan also would trigger Medicaid expansion coverage to hundreds of thousands of adults — a longstanding […]

The NC budget expands the power of lawmakers to supervise agencies. Republicans say recent history shows the changes are needed.