North Carolina House of Representatives
House Democrats say they were “drawing maps” during veto override
Raleigh, N.C. – State House leaders addressed members of the media on Wednesday about their successful override of the state budget to dispel demonstrably false claims by Democrats that they were told the regularly scheduled floor session would not include recorded votes. Continue reading “N.C. House Leaders Publicly Announced Recorded Votes Would be Held on Wednesday, Budget Veto Overridden”
Randomly selected map modeled by Democratic Party’s expert to consider incumbency as allowed by court ruling
“The partisan distribution of seats in plans under House Simulation Set 2 is nearly identical to the partisan distribution of House Simulation Set 1, which ignored incumbency protection,” Democrats’ expert wrote (p. 47)
Democratic Party expert’s report (p.47 – 49): “We are able to conclude with extremely high statistical certainty” that partisan outcomes under maps factoring incumbency are “nearly identical” to those that do not
Raleigh, N.C. – The state House Redistricting Committee this week moved to comply with a court order to redraw the General Assembly’s election boundaries by working from random computer-generated nonpartisan maps modeled by the Democratic Party’s expert witness in the trial challenging those districts. Continue reading “N.C. House Redistricting Committee to Work from Random Computer Generated Nonpartisan Maps of Democrats’ Expert”
Raleigh, N.C. –State House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) will join Gov. Roy Cooper to tour damage from Hurricane Dorian in Carteret County, N.C. and the Outer Banks on Saturday, September 7, 2019. Continue reading “Speaker Moore to Tour Hurricane Dorian Damage in Outer Banks, Carteret County”
Raleigh, N.C. – As national weather forecasts for the track of Hurricane Dorian increasingly trend towards potential impacts in North Carolina, state House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) issued a statement urging citizens to begin monitoring emergency management outlets over Labor Day weekend. Continue reading “Speaker Moore Urges North Carolinians to Vigilantly Prepare for Possibility of Hurricane Dorian Impacts”
Raleigh, N.C. – State House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) responded Saturday to the Governor’s veto of funding and reforms for North Carolina’s transition to managed care in its Medicaid program. Continue reading “Veto of Medicaid Transformation Funds Harms Managed Care Reforms in N.C.”
Raleigh, N.C. – Legislation enhancing penalties for absentee ballot fraud and creating new crimes for selling or receiving payment for returning completed absentee ballot request forms was approved by the North Carolina House of Representatives on Wednesday. Continue reading “Absentee Ballot Process Secured by N.C. House in Bill Increasing Penalties for Fraud”
The pay raise appropriations total more than $900 million
Raleigh, N.C. – The state House of Representatives gave final legislative approval on Wednesday to salary increases for law enforcement officers and the largest pay raise for North Carolina’s state employees in over a decade. Continue reading “Pay Raises for Law Enforcement and State Employees Approved by N.C. House”
Raleigh, N.C. – A new law to help military service members and their families access affordable education opportunities was approved by the state General Assembly and passed into law this month. Continue reading “N.C. Military and Veteran Act of 2019 Helps Service Members Access Education”
Raleigh, N.C. – A conversation with state House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) about budget, healthcare, immigration, and other current issues at the North Carolina General Assembly will air statewide on UNC-TV this weekend on Front Row with Marc Rotterman. Continue reading “Speaker Moore on UNC-TV this Weekend Discussing Immigration, Budget Debates”
Teachers will miss automatic ‘step’ raises this pay cycle, as well as targeted raises, as state operates under a continuing budget from last biennium
Raleigh, N.C. – State employees, teachers, correctional officers, and other public servants will miss out on budgeted pay increases this month as Gov. Roy Cooper continues to obstruct state funds to demand the General Assembly expand Medicaid. Continue reading “Public Servants Missing Pay Raises as N.C. Governor Blocks Higher Salaries Again”