All in State Government
Families across the country are feeling the effects of inflation, an increased cost on common goods, in part a byproduct of gridlock and bad policy in Washington, D.C. Thankfully, North Carolinians are fortunate to have state leaders who have enacted pro-growth, pro-business-and most importantly, pro-taxpayer policies over the last decade.
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to clarify the federal rules requiring telemarketers to obtain consent between an individual consumer and one specific seller or business entity before making telemarketing robocalls and texts. Attorney General Stein joined a coalition of 28 state Attorneys General in urging for rules to better prevent nuisance calls and texts.
Governor Roy Cooper directed $3 million in new federal funding to provide support for aspiring teachers to become fully licensed teachers in North Carolina. These funds will be used to cover the cost of licensure exams and licensure exam preparation for beginning teachers. The Governor is partnering with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and TeachNC on the initiative.
This week, Governor Cooper announced a statewide initiative to raise awareness on the importance of safe firearm storage. NC S.A.F.E. (Secure All Firearms Effectively) is a campaign including TV, radio, social media and a website with information about safely and effectively storing guns.
On May 23, Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to all state legislators in the House and Senate urging them to make meaningful investments in North Carolina’s public schools, students and teachers and stop their plans to dismantle public education by causing public schools to lose hundreds of millions of dollars through the expansion of private school vouchers, exacerbating the state’s teacher shortage and providing no substantive funding for early childhood education and child care.
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly seems poised to strip additional appointment powers from the governor. Senate Bill 512 would alter the composition of the state’s Board of Transportation, Environmental Management Commission, and six other entities. The House passed its version May 31. The two chambers will work out their differences in conference.
State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, today endorsed H750 that is being heard this afternoon in the Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee.
The Governor’s Crime Commission on June 1 approved the allocation of $43.5 million in federal funding across 243 criminal justice initiatives in the state of North Carolina.
Governor Roy Cooper announced the NC S.A.F.E. (Secure All Firearms Effectively) initiative to urge North Carolinians to take action to safely store their firearms and save lives. This call-to-action highlights firearm safety in response to mounting numbers of deaths of children and youth from firearm injury, along with a surge in firearm thefts across the state.
Republican legislators are focused this Session on further eroding public education in North Carolina. The latest effort is a massive expansion of the state’s voucher program. North Carolinians deserve to know the facts about how this would affect education in our state.
Republicans in the Senate filed Senate Bill 747, a bill that will strengthen election laws, increase confidence in election administration, and align North Carolina with 30 other states by establishing Election Day as the firm deadline for accepting absentee ballots.
Governor Roy Cooper visited College Road Early Childhood Center in New Hanover County and Greene Central High School in Greene County to emphasize the dangerous impacts of extreme legislation proposed by Republican legislators that would provide no meaningful funding for critical early childhood education and child care, cause public schools to lose hundreds of millions of dollars through the expansion of private school vouchers and exacerbate the state’s teacher shortage.
Attorney General Josh Stein visited western North Carolina to highlight his plan to address law enforcement officer shortages. Speaking at the State Crime Laboratory’s western campus, Attorney General Stein was joined by other law enforcement leaders and detailed initiatives that would help recruit and retain officers across the state.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that the Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) saved the state’s seniors $30 million last year.
State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, welcomed a court filing from 21 states in support of the authority of North Carolina officials to determine which benefits will be covered by the State Health Plan.
Since 2008, when Barack Obama narrowly won the state and Kay Hagan beat Elizabeth Dole by a more comfortable margin, Democrats have fought hard but lost every subsequent presidential and senate race in the Tar Heel State.
As the largest customer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, I am asking that the sponsors of House Bill 346 request the bill be removed from the Senate calendar until the amendments offered by elected State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to protect consumers be considered.
RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina has joined other Atlantic Coast states involved with the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind on a coordinated project to support fisheries mitigation in the development of offshore wind along the East Coast.
The decision to have an abortion is deeply personal and complicated, it is important that women have the freedom to make choices about their bodies without interference.
