The General Assembly is one step closer to stopping eminent domain abuse in North Carolina. On Monday night HB 1659, a bill which seeks to protect private property from being taken for the use of economic development, passed its second reading in the House by a margin of 100-14.
Say goodbye to the juice box. A vote of 63 to 45 in the House gave tentative approval Thursday to a measure that would dictate what children could have to drink in private child care facilities.
The General Assembly outlawed video poker in 2006, but an estimated 600 so-called “sweepstakes cafes or parlors” have been established all across North Carolina in the past year or so in an attempt to circumvent the ban on this gambling activity. Individual sweepstakes machines have also been located in various retail, restaurant and bar locations in the state.
Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) said, “At a time when North Carolinians are concerned about the future of their health care coverage, we cannot afford for the Governor or the Attorney General to be unengaged or reckless in their decision-making.
Today HB 1659, a measure to amend the North Carolina Constitution to protect private property from being taken by eminent domain for the use of economic development passed House Judiciary II and is headed for the floor. The primary sponsors are Rep. Paul Stam and Rep. David Lewis.
The North Carolina House of Representatives on Thursday adopted four significant amendments to SB 897, the 2010-2011 budget bill. These amendments, offered by Republican legislators, will eliminate unnecessary end-of-grade tests and provide funding to teachers for classroom supplies, prohibit the paying of “golden parachutes” to state employees who are terminated or leave their jobs; forbid the practice of allowing in-state tuition for out of state students, and allow funds from the NC Lottery to be distributed equally to charter and traditional public schools.
On Thursday, June 3, 2010, the North Carolina House rejected, by a vote of 51 to 65, a procedural motion to allow the House to consider the education expense credit described below. Democratic leaders urged their colleagues to reject this annual savings to state and local government of $51 million.
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Since May 19, 2009, three ethics bills (H944, H961, H1136) passed with broad bipartisan support by the House have been sitting in the Senate Judiciary I Committee chaired by Democratic leader Martin Nesbitt. None have been scheduled for committee consideration.
