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Lawmakers have tried for two years to boost former Rep. Justin Burr's salary at the Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council.
Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter
Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council job has been a budgetary football.
The Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council has been back and forth with the Cooper Administration over how much to pay its director.
Despite the fact that the congressional and legislative district maps they've drawn have been ruled unconstitutional by federal judges, Republican lawmakers appear ready to move ahead with a redraw of the state's judicial districts.
Laura Leslie
State lawmakers discuss potentially changing how people become judges in North Carolina.
A proposal to appoint judges in North Carolina, with voters deciding later on full terms, emerged at the statehouse Wednesday, but a lack of consensus left unclear whether the General Assembly can approve any judicial branch changes during a special session slated to begin next week.
Travis Fain
House Bill 717 passed the chamber 69-43, but it will be likely be months before it moves any further.
Judges called on state legislators Tuesday to pump the brakes on a plan to redraw judicial and prosecutorial districts around the state, but the man behind the plan said he's aiming for an October vote.
Asked why he didn't loop judges and prosecutors into the process early on, instead of surprising them with already drawn maps, Rep. Justin Burr, R-Stanly, said it's because they would have fought the process.
A massive judicial redistricting bill that emerged over the weekend has been put on hold, though it's expected back before the General Assembly later this year, potentially in tandem with a court-ordered redraw of legislative maps.
A statewide redraw of North Carolina's judicial districts, which emerged in what may be the last week of this legislative session, is headed to the House floor after tense debate, accusations of a gerrymander, calls for delay and a party-line committee vote.
Republicans released a redraw of the state's judicial and prosecutorial districts Sunday evening, setting up a committee hearing Monday afternoon on a potential overhaul of the state's third branch of government.
A low-key House session as lawmakers tried to meet their self-imposed "crossover" deadline Thursday erupted into anger, accusations and parliamentary maneuvering.
Matthew Burns
The House debates several bills ahead of a key legislative deadline.
House members voted primarily along party lines Wednesday to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of legislation that would require anyone seeking election to a trial court judgeship to run under a party label.
Matthew Burns and Laura Leslie
Gov. Roy Cooper says the bill would bring politics into the courtroom. Supporters of the bill say it is Cooper who has made judicial appointments political.
Mark Binker
Between a new date for the spring primary and the rise of Donald Trump, North Carolina's political future is hazy as ever. But the @NCCapitol team will once again peer into our crystal ball.
Tensions between House and Senate Republican leaders - and within the House Republican caucus itself - rose to the surface Thursday in conflicts over the House's proposed permanent rules.
Budget-writers in both the House and Senate say it's time to eliminate the state's Child Fatality Task Force after nearly a quarter-century in operation.
Laura Leslie and Amanda Lamb
The state would negotiate to sell much of the Dorothea Dix property, along with the Gov. Morehead School, to the City of Raleigh under a bill that cleared the state House Wednesday. Senate leaders are unhappy with the measure.
Rep. Robert Brawley cited his failed effort to repeal a controversial bail bondsman training law in a letter resigning his Finance Committee chairmanship.
A proposal to cut in half the number of children eligible for the state's free pre-kindergarten program won House approval Tuesday. Meanwhile, the House also gave final approval to a bill allowing in-stand beer sales at professional sporting events.
State House lawmakers voted late Monday night to allow concealed weapons on college campuses, greenways, bike trails, at sporting events and in businesses that serve alcohol.
Laura Leslie and Mark Binker
A bill that passed a key House committee Tuesday would tighten rules for NC Pre-K, roughly halving the number of 4-year-olds eligible for the state-funded program.
A proposal filed Thursday would drastically reduce the number of 4-year olds eligible for NC Pre-K.
