Today, N.C. House Majority Leader John Bell sent a letter, signed by over 50 members of the Republican Caucus, to Governor Roy Cooper urging him to respect the will of the voters by replacing Chief Justice Martin with someone who has a similar ideological background and pedigree. Martin, the longest-serving justice on the state’s Supreme […]
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 […]
With an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 109 to 8, the North Carolina House yesterday afternoon passed the “BRIGHT Futures Act” (House Bill 68) to accelerate the build-out of digital infrastructure in rural and other underserved areas of our state. Representative Szoka was the primary sponsor of the bill. The goal is to bring greater economic prosperity to […]
Today, as part of a majority of 70 AYE votes in the North Carolina House of Representatives, I voted to pass House Bill 142, which is a stronger bill than the one it replaced, HB2. The passage of House Bill 2 in April 2016 was a direct and appropriate response to the City of Charlotte […]
Today, Representative Szoka introduced the BRIGHT Futures Act, a Bill focused on accelerating digital infrastructure and economic development in rural and unserved areas of North Carolina by connecting them to the key markets of Broadband, Retail online services, Internet of Things, GridPower, Healthcare, and Training and Education. Representatives Jason Saine (97th District), Susan Martin (8th […]
From the Charlotte Business Journal: Bill allowing renewable-power sales direct to N.C. consumers could be a boon for solar by John Downey Senior Staff Writer- Charlotte Business Journal N.C. Rep. John Szoka (R-Cumberland) made good Monday on a recent promise to submit a bill allowing renewable-energy developers to sell power directly to customers in North Carolina, bypassing the state’s […]