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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The week has been busy at the legislature. Beginning by hosting the Governor, the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, and multiple cabinet secretaries for the State of the State, the General Assembly capitalized on having everyone in town with busy days packed with committee meetings throughout the week. National news stories featuring the protests in Elizabeth City have spurred lawmakers to push criminal justice reform, with many ideas being discussed online, in editorials and in committee rooms. As the May 13 crossover deadl...

Bill addresses judicial efficiency in western counties Sen. Kevin Corbin A House bill proposed by Western North Carolina reps. Mike Clampitt, R-Bryson City, and Mark Pless, R-Haywood, includes significant changes to a judicial district that is larger than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined. “Population for this area is growing exponentially, the number of cases are growing exponentially. Dockets get to be so long and there’s so many court cases,” said Clampitt of H405 , which was filed in the House with Clampitt and Pless as primary sponsors on March 24. The ...

When Republican Sen. Kevin Corbin, R-Franklin, announced  during a March 25 listening session at Southwestern Community College that he intended to file a bill addressing the health care coverage gap, he also said he hadn’t quite formulated the particulars of it because he wanted to introduce something that would pass the Republican-controlled legislature.  With the insertion of specific language into placeholder bill S530  on April 5, Corbin — along with co-sponsors Sen. Jim Burgin, R-Harnett, and Sen. Joyce Krawiec, R-Davie, — will now get his chance to see what the Republican app...

    HAYWOOD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Two mountain lawmakers want Haywood County to be designated as North Carolina’s elk capital. Rep. Mark Pless (R-District 118) and Rep. Mike Clampitt (R-District 119) have introduced the bill in the General Assembly. It has been 20 years since elk were re-introduced into Haywood County’s Cataloochee Valley, part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Clampitt said it’s appropriate to identify Haywood as the state’s elk capital, a designation that will also help promote tourism. He said the bill is just starting in committee. Wildlife ...

Carolina Journal is taking a brief look at each new member of the General Assembly — 10 in the Senate and 11 in the House. We look at where they’ve been, what they’re doing now, and what we might expect them to do as lawmakers. The 2021-22 session began in late January. Expect COVID-19 and the ongoing fallout from the pandemic to be top priorities for lawmakers, who are crafting a new budget for the biennium. They’ll also draw new legislative and congressional maps for the next decade based on fresh census data. Each legislator, too, has their own priorities.