NC legislators gain new investigative authority in state budget
When the new budget goes into effect next week, state lawmakers will have significant new investigative powers that Democrats compared to a “secret police force.”
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When the new budget goes into effect next week, state lawmakers will have significant new investigative powers that Democrats compared to a “secret police force.”
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.’
The months-late state budget bill goes to Gov. Roy Cooper, who said he would let the bill become law without his signature.
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