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Rep. Szoka and the NC House Keeps their Promises

Posted on July 17, 2018 by admin in Appropriations, Bonds, Budget, Business, Children, Consumer Protection, Courts, Economic Development, Economy, Education, Education Reform, Elections, Emergency Management, Energy, Environment, Farming, Food, Healthcare, Hunting & Fishing, Jobs, Medicaid, Pension Reform, Regulatory Reform, Speaker Moore, Szoka, Tax Reform, Taxes, Technology, Transportation

Families and businesses in North Carolina continued to see promising gains from the 2018 state legislative session as lawmakers remained committed to higher salaries for educators and state employees, increased investments in public schools and a successful pro-growth jobs agenda. The accomplishments mark another year of promises kept by the Republican-led General Assembly to deliver […]

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Houses Passes School Safety Programs

Posted on June 5, 2018 by admin in Children, Education, Public Safety

New school safety reforms advancing peer-to-peer student support programs, facility vulnerability assessments, and resource officer training programs unanimously passed the North Carolina House of Representatives yesterday. House Bill 938 contains recommendations of the state House Select Committee on School Safety to improve classroom security and protect students. All schools with grades six or higher, and […]

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The Restore Campus Free Speech Act

Posted on August 3, 2017 by admin in Children, Civics, Culture, Dan Forest, Education Reform, Free Speech, History, Politics, Safety, UNC

Four months after being overwhelmingly passed in the House, the Restore Campus Free Speech Act has become law. House Bill 527 is bipartisan ‘campus free speech’ legislation that strengthens standards for free expression in our state university system and mandates that all public universities “ensure the fullest degree of intellectual freedom and free expression.” HB527 […]

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Reforming the Foster Care System

Posted on July 31, 2017 by admin in Children, Government Reform, Health, Public Employees, Public Safety

Bipartisan legislation overwhelmingly passed the General Assembly last month that takes steps to fix the ongoing challenges in North Carolina’s child welfare system. It was signed into law on June 21. “Rylan’s Law” (House Bill 630) was named after Rylan Ott, a Moore County toddler who drowned in a pond after he was put back […]

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Human Trafficking: Resistance and Rescue

Posted on May 8, 2017 by admin in Children, Crime, Education, Women

A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the House to directly help victims of human trafficking and to establish a pilot program to educate students and law enforcement officers on ways to recognize the signs of trafficking activity. Human trafficking is the illegal practice of buying and selling people for the purposes of their forced […]

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Chief Justice Urges Legislature to Raise the Age

Posted on May 2, 2017 by admin in Children, Courts, Crime, Justice, Law Enforcement

Support to ‘raise the age’ crosses ideological, partisan lines At press conference, Chief Justice Martin says Tar Heel State would save tax dollars and reduce repeat offenses if older teens were handled by juvenile justice system North Carolina is now the nation’s only state charging 16- and 17-year-old delinquents as adults and needs to catch […]

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In Defense of Free Speech

Posted on April 28, 2017 by admin in Children, Civics, Culture, Dan Forest, Education Reform, Free Speech, History, Politics, Safety, UNC

Bipartisan legislation passed the House on Wednesday strengthening standards for free expression in the state university system and mandating that all public universities “ensure the fullest degree of intellectual freedom and free expression.” Currently, there are no statutes addressing free speech for the University of North Carolina (UNC) institutions. House Bill 527, modeled after the Goldwater Institute‘s policy report Campus […]

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Swimming Pool Electrical Safety

Posted on April 19, 2017 by admin in Children, Recreation, Safety

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the House to help save the lives of people who use public swimming pools in North Carolina. House Bill 598 mandates that a special circuit breaker device be installed on any line that provides power to a pool’s pump motor. This device is known as a ground fault circuit interrupter. […]

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School Calendar Flexibility

Posted on April 12, 2017 by admin in Children, Education

An effort by lawmakers to allow local school boards some flexibility in setting their school calendars received overwhelming support from House members earlier this week, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 108 to 6. House Bill 375 allows a school board to schedule its school opening date to coincide with the opening date of an […]

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House Passes Kelsey Smith Act

Posted on March 28, 2017 by admin in Children, Crime, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Privacy, Public Safety, Safety, Technology

Ahead of National Crime Victim Rights Week, the House passed the “Kelsey Smith Act” this afternoon by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 113-5. House Bill 315 allows law enforcement officials to access a cell phone’s tracking technology to quickly locate a missing person in an emergency situation and the legislation shields cell phone service providers from prosecution for potential privacy violations while […]

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