Two proposals to make beer sales more convenient in North Carolina won state House approval Monday night.

Convenience stores and grocery stores would no longer be able to sell high-alcohol malt beverages under a bill filed by the House majority leader Wednesday.

A wild day at the General Assembly included bills on sweepstakes games, the death penalty, charter schools and renewable energy, along with discussion of voter ID and religion.

A Florida elections official tells House lawmakers that curtailing early voting led to long lines in 2012.