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Five-term state Senator Neal Hunt, R-Wake, is stepping down at the end of his current term.
The House Government Committee failed to give a favorable report to a measure that would transfer responsibility for construction and upkeep of schools to local county commissioners. But House lawmakers voted to keep the measure alive Thursday night.
Mark Binker
The state DMV would develop a plan to provide photo identification cards to home-bound individuals under a proposal approved Tuesday by the House Transportation Committee.
Matthew Burns
A bill that would put the Wake County Board of Commissioners in control of area school buildings and land moved closer to passage Wednesday, despite criticism that it was politically motivated.
The Senate has tentatively approved Senate Bill 612, a proposal that would forbid localities from having any environmental rules more stringent than state or federal law.
Laura Leslie
School board districts would be redrawn and elections moved to even-numbered years under a bill given tentative approval by the Senate Monday night.
The measure creates seven small districts and two "regional districts" that will pit rural versus urban voters. Lawmakers ignored requests to kill the bill from the school board chairman.
The state Senate on Thursday approved a proposal to raise the maximum speed limit in North Carolina from 70 to 75 mph.
Laura Leslie and Renee Chou
North Carolina counties could assume ownership of school property under a bill filed by a Wake County senator Thursday.
Lawmakers are looking at various options to address the growing shortfall in road-building funds in the state Department of Transportation.
Bruce Mildwurf
