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A revamped and controversial N.C. House bill that ends most COVID-19 pandemic exemptions for wearing a mask in public cleared the legislature Tuesday.

(The Center Square) – Democrats in North Carolina’s General Assembly are running legislation in both chambers to establish the right of access to public records and meetings as an amendment

Lawmakers in North Carolina took another stab at moving a proposal that has failed multiple times that would grant nurse practitioners more independence in their practice.

The N.C. House rejected Wednesday a bill that would make it a crime to wear a mask in public in North Carolina.

A Raleigh Democrat is pushing a new version of the MOMnibus bill to get more funding for stillbirth awareness campaigns and measures.

The N.C. House appears likely to reject a revamped bill that would criminalize the public wearing of a mask for health and safety reasons.

"When I saw that this bill might pass, our attitude became Fine, go arrest us for protecting our health," Pat Levitin said.

The former surgeon general in the Trump administration criticizes a North Carolina bill that would do away with a pandemic-era law that allowed face masks for public health reasons.

A North Carolina Senate committee has advanced a bill that could make it illegal again to wear a mask in public with exceptions including for the Ku Klux Klan.

Democratic lawmakers and advocates feel safety isn't the real issue behind the bill that would ban all persons from wearing masks.