Economic Development & Taxes
WRAL: NC tax legislation expands options for
counties, could help light rail efforts
Counties would have more options to raise money for public schools
and community colleges under a bill that cleared the House Finance
Committee on Wednesday.
WSOC: Senate OKs updated $2B bond package with
March referendum
An updated $2 billion bond proposal approved late Tuesday by a
Senate committee would allocate more proceeds to University of
North Carolina projects but slightly less to community colleges and
infrastructure loans.
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: Jobs incentive bill gets NC
House, Senate approval
More than a year ago, Gov. Pat McCrory's administration sounded
an alarm to legislators: The state's main job incentives fund
was running low, and major employers would go elsewhere without
that financing as a lure.
Education
WRAL: House lawmakers reject teaching 'gold
standard'
The House Rules committee Monday voted to remove a proposed
requirement that high school students be taught about the gold
standard.
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL: Educators ask panel to keep
Common Core
The committee charged with rewriting the state's academic
standards spent the better part of one of its final meetings
hearing from principals and teachers who want to keep Common
Core.
Elections
NEWS & RECORD: State GOP switches to
proportional representation; selects new executive
director
The state's GOP leadership believes it has positioned North
Carolina to be a focal point for Republican candidates seeking the
2016 presidential election.
Health Care
PRESS RELEASE: Governor McCrory Signs Historic
Medicaid Reform That Improves Patient Care And Holds Down
Costs
Governor Pat McCrory accomplished another major goal of his
administration by signing into law major reform of North
Carolina's Medicaid system.
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL: Next steps for Medicaid
reform will be challenging
State Medicaid reform is now law, a signature accomplishment
representing a compromise solution between the McCrory
administration and a divided Republican-led legislature.
WRAL: Feds launch investigation into DHHS
contracts, hiring
The U.S. Attorney's Office has launched an investigation into
high-dollar consulting contracts and salary payments at the North
Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
HICKORY DAILY RECORD: North Carolina lawmaker
returns to House after heart surgery
A Charlotte representative is back at work in the North Carolina
House nearly seven weeks after heart surgery.
WNCN: Sales ban on fetal tissue in North Carolina
OK'd by panel
A state Senate committee has cleared legislation filed in response
to recent undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials
discussing fetal tissue for research.
Immigration
WRAL: 'Sanctuary city' ban, food stamp
crackdown passes Senate
The Senate gave tentative approval Thursday to a proposal banning
local "sanctuary" ordinances and limiting food assistance
for able-bodied, childless, unemployed adults.
Regulatory Reform
NEWS & OBSERVER: Latest deregulation bill
takes shape
This year's safari for regulations to hunt down and kill has
taken shape in the final days of the session.
NEWS & OBSERVER: Tax cheating bill caught in
newspaper carrier flap
A 12-year-old special "presumption" state lawmakers
granted to newspapers to avoid treating carriers as employees has
become a roadblock for reform legislation directed largely at the
construction industry.
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