Not just about money: New laws in state budget give more power to the General Assembly
North Carolina legislative leaders make policy part of the state budget. Here are a range of new powers lawmakers have given themselves.
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North Carolina legislative leaders make policy part of the state budget. Here are a range of new powers lawmakers have given themselves.
Expanded prison medical release eligibility provides opportunity for more sick, aging incarcerated people to go home before they die
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.’
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — A Cape Fear senator introduced a bill to restructure the way the state funds school districts earlier this month, but some leaders of state…
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Budget season persists at the local and state level; top of mind for many leaders is education funding. Sen. Michael Lee (R-New Hanover)…