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The bill now goes to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's desk. He vetoed a broader gun bill containing the same idea a year ago, saying it threatened the safety of students and teachers.

If House Bill 890 was a shot of Jack, Senate Bill 453 is a Zima.

May 7, 2021 Most doting parents have grand ambitions for their children, like the mother who was asked about her two kids in elementary school and answered: “The doctor is in the third grade, and the lawyer is in the first!” That’s what came to my mind recently while listening to Paige Brydon at a press conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. Brydon spoke in favor of proposed legislation in the Tarheel state that would ban elective abortions based on sex, race, or the presumption an unborn...

House Bill 890, after an hour-long discussion Monday, May 10, moved out of the House Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee and on to the Rules Committee. A budget-related amendment in the ABC Committee ensured that the bill would not have to meet this week’s legislative crossover deadline. The content of the bill when, and if, it makes it to the House floor is anyone’s guess. No issue before N.C. lawmakers is more divisive than how the state regulates spirituous liquor. Debate over this bill...

A House committee discussion over an omnibus alcohol bill amounted to yet another debate involving people wanting to free regulations on spirituous liquor and those wanting to tighten the state’s stranglehold. House Bill 890, after an hour-long discussion Monday, May 10, moved out of the House Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee and on to the Rules Committee. A budget-related amendment in the ABC Committee ensured that the bill would not have to meet this week’s legislative crossover deadl...

  House Bill 781, Bring Business Back to Downtown, generated much discussion before moving to the House Rules Committee. The bill has two parts, said Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Henderson, a primary sponsor. One, it would allow municipalities to install social districts. He pointed to the Streets at Southpoint in Durham as an example, where people would leave a restaurant and carry a cup of alcohol within a permitted area. The second aspect, Moffitt says, would allow bars and restaurants to, in effect...

Following the tumultuous year of 2020, the annual National Day of Prayer event will focus on praying for the restoration of the nation’s physical, mental and spiritual health. 

Courtesy of Mark Creech Following the tumultuous year of 2020, the annual National Day of Prayer event will focus on praying for the restoration of the nation’s physical, mental and spiritual health.  Pray.com co-founder Matt Potter explained in a Tuesday phone interview with The Christian Post that given the COVID-19 pandemic that swept and destabilized the entire world last year and this year, prayer for such things is especially necessary. The live-streamed event will be held at 7 ...

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Courtesy of Mark Creech Following the tumultuous year of 2020, the annual National Day of Prayer event will focus on praying for the restoration of the nation’s physical, mental and spiritual health.  Pray.com co-founder Matt Potter explained in a Tuesday phone interview with The Christian Post that given the COVID-19 pandemic that swept and destabilized the entire world last year and this year, prayer for such things is especially necessary. The live-streamed event will be held at 7 p.m. ...