5 things NC lawmakers to complete before leaving
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Senate and House are holding low-key floor meetings this week with few or no recorded votes to give time to negotiators on the state budget and a handful of other bills to...
View ArticleTillis departure means new NC speaker in 2015
RALEIGH — This year’s General Assembly session has coincided with the ramped-up U.S. Senate campaign of House Speaker Thom Tillis. His bid for federal office also means fellow Republicans are thinking...
View ArticleHistoric preservation tax credits at issue in the state budget negotiations
RALEIGH – The possibility that the N.C. General Assembly could do away with the state’s expiring tax-credit program for development preserving architectural history has stirred proponents and opponents...
View ArticleNC counties see sales tax changes in Senate bill
RALEIGH — Four large North Carolina counties would see their authority to raise sales taxes scaled back under legislation passed Tuesday by a Senate panel. Republican supporters say the measure would...
View ArticleON THE LEVEL: Dave Simpson of Carolinas AGC lobbies in the lobby
CHARLOTTE – Dave Simpson gives good quote. That’s because before he became a Raleigh-based lobbyist for the Carolinas Association of General Contractors, he got good quote. He was, in other words, a...
View ArticleN.C. Legislature approves construction-friendly bill
RALEIGH – The full state Senate and House on Friday passed a conference committee version of a regulatory reform package that has wide support in the building industry. After Senate Bill 734 bill is...
View ArticleCharlotte Housing Authority gets grant to build senior housing
CHARLOTTE -The Charlotte Housing Authority has received funding and tax credits that will allow it to build 92 one-bedroom units. The authority, through its affiliate Horizon Development Properties,...
View ArticleJudge: City retains control of Charlotte airport
CHARLOTTE — A North Carolina judge said Monday that the city — not a commission created by GOP lawmakers — will run one of the nation’s busiest airports while both sides wait for a federal agency’s...
View ArticleLegislative committee discusses worker classification
North Carolina’s Revenue Laws Study Committee discussed the issue of construction worker misclassification at its meeting Tuesday morning to address the potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in...
View ArticleDemocrats want GOP leads trimmed at NC legislature
RALEIGH — All 170 seats in the North Carolina General Assembly are up for re-election Tuesday, but nearly 80 already have winners because candidates are running unopposed in the general election. Of...
View ArticleNC legislature may not be over for this year
RALEIGH — The General Assembly’s work may not be over if Gov. Pat McCrory decides replenishing a key economic recruitment tool in North Carolina can’t wait until January. McCrory said he may call...
View ArticleBerger re-elected, Moore elected to top NC legislature posts
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly opened to script Wednesday, with Republicans still squarely in charge of the legislature, electing their top officers without a challenge and leaders...
View ArticleNC Republicans could have “more normal” legislative agenda
RALEIGH — After four years of turning North Carolina politics upside down, Republicans at the General Assembly could be prepping for a more subdued two-year legislative session. GOP legislators...
View ArticleN.C. House bill would restrict eminent domain
The first legislative bill filed in the N.C. General Assembly’s 2015 session seeks to amend the state Constitution to clarify language on when private property can be taken by governmental bodies...
View ArticleN.C. Legislature approves construction-friendly bill
RALEIGH – The full state Senate and House on Friday passed a conference committee version of a regulatory reform package that has wide support in the building industry. After Senate Bill 734 bill is...
View ArticleCharlotte Housing Authority gets grant to build senior housing
CHARLOTTE -The Charlotte Housing Authority has received funding and tax credits that will allow it to build 92 one-bedroom units. The authority, through its affiliate Horizon Development Properties,...
View ArticleJudge: City retains control of Charlotte airport
CHARLOTTE — A North Carolina judge said Monday that the city — not a commission created by GOP lawmakers — will run one of the nation’s busiest airports while both sides wait for a federal agency’s...
View ArticleLegislative committee discusses worker classification
North Carolina’s Revenue Laws Study Committee discussed the issue of construction worker misclassification at its meeting Tuesday morning to address the potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in...
View ArticleDemocrats want GOP leads trimmed at NC legislature
RALEIGH — All 170 seats in the North Carolina General Assembly are up for re-election Tuesday, but nearly 80 already have winners because candidates are running unopposed in the general election. Of...
View ArticleNC legislature may not be over for this year
RALEIGH — The General Assembly’s work may not be over if Gov. Pat McCrory decides replenishing a key economic recruitment tool in North Carolina can’t wait until January. McCrory said he may call...
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