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Women make up half of North Carolina's population but occupy only 22 percent of seats in the statehouse. Meanwhile, only one lawmaker identifies himself as Hispanic, despite the growing number of Latinos in North Carolina.
Tara Jeffries
State legislators are gearing up for a power struggle with the governor over leaky garbage trucks.
Laura Leslie
Reports shed light on how money flowed from condo and homeowner association managers last year to a group closely tied to House Republicans as legislation that affected those groups made its way through the General Assembly. Normally, the Republican group does not reveal its donors and spending.
Mark Binker
Gov. Pat McCrory is using Facebook to call on senior Republican House leaders to sustain his vetoes of bills dealing with drug testing for welfare recipients and immigration.
Mark Binker and Laura Leslie
In a stunning display of disregard for parliamentary rules, House Republican leaders quickly resurrected a new bill to take away Charlotte's authority over its airport.
Laura Leslie and Mark Binker
The state House on Thursday approved a proposal to add regulations to the operations of North Carolina abortion clinics.
Matthew Burns and Laura Leslie
State lawmakers unveiled yet another surprise Wednesday to a controversial abortion bill. House leaders say it's in response to Gov. McCrory's concerns that an abortion bill that would close most clinics in the state.
A bill placing restrictions on abortion clinics is now attached to a measure that started as a motorcycle safety bill. The new abortion language slightly tweaks a bill sent from the Senate in order to appease the governor.
House lawmakers gave tentative approval to a measure that opponents fear could undermine the LEED standard for green building. Backers say they are trying to promote the use of North Carolina timber.
Proponents of the bill say the measure will stop the abortions conducted because the child would be a boy or a girl. Opponents say the measure is meant to scare doctors.
House GOP leaders are backing a bill to ban sex-selective abortions. Critics say it's addressing a problem that doesn't exist in NC, and encourages racial bias.
A proposal to allow the city of Charlotte to redirect local tax revenue to upgrade the Panthers' stadium cruised through the House Wednesday with little debate.
Changes made by a House Finance subcommittee would allow Charlotte to pay for traffic control around the Carolina Panthers' stadium with two local tourism taxes.
Both Republicans and Democrats said they were concerned about allowing Charlotte to use local tax dollars to help pay for improvements to the privately-owned NFL stadium.
Charlotte would be able to use a trio of existing local taxes in order to help pay for renovations to the Panthers stadium under a bill filed Thursday.
The House Rules Committee made adjustments to the Utilities Commission portion of a controversial bill to remake state boards. House leaders say they expect to put it before the full House today.
Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, said there is a need for small short term loans, but Attorney General Roy Cooper said the return of the industry would be a "bad idea."
House lawmaker are drafting a bill that would give the state to prune its complicated administrative code, which is made up of the rules created by agencies in response to laws passed by the General Assembly.
Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson and Charlotte officials want the state to split the cost of $187.5 million improvements to the team's 17-year-old stadium three ways.
North Carolina's newly earned status as a battleground state means political operations can't let up on fundraising. But watchdogs worry that disclosure rules for giving are not tight enough. And Democrats are also fundraising for their caucus operations.
