Paul "Skip" Stam Coverage

Editorial: Speaker Tim Moore's power grab

Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 -- Speaker Tim Moore's effort to jettison the rules provision his fellow Republicans initiated in 2011 is a repudiation of the legacy that put him in power and an affront to the representative government every North Carolina citizen expects.

Former House leader: NC Supreme Court decision means Wake County must redistrict, too

The demand by former House Majority Leader Paul "Skip" Stam represents a possible next step in the state's battle over redistricting: Republicans pushing urban counties to draw districts more likely to elect Republicans.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Lottery officials: New games would bring in more money

North Carolina could earn more money by introducing new lottery games, officials say, but big changes are unlikely in the next year.

Mark Binker

Tine the latest legislative retirement

Rep. Paul Tine, U-Dare, says he will not seek another term in the General Assembly. He's the latest in a growing number of lawmakers who are declining to run again or trying for higher office.

Mark Binker

Wake lawmaker Stam will not seek re-election

Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, R-Wake, one of the top leaders in the state House, says he will not run for reelection in 2016.

Mark Binker

GOP tensions surface over rules

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.

Laura Leslie

Raleigh residents say protest petitions ensure their voices get heard

The House Local Government Committee approved a bill Thursday that would do away with a tool activists used to slow down large, new developments in neighborhoods throughout the state.

Senators discuss bill to remove religious exemption to vaccination

Three senators discuss a bill that would remove the religious exemption for vaccinating children in North Carolina.

Lawmakers push to eliminate tool used to fight new developments

Protest petitions allow neighbors of property that is to be rezoned to force city councils to approve the change in land use by a super-majority. Developers say they slow down economic development, but residents say they help protect property values.

Mark Binker

Lottery foes seek clarity - again

House critics of the state's lottery are trying again to clarify the lottery's rules for advertising and growth.

Laura Leslie

House panel discusses lottery, teacher sex bills

A House Judiciary committee debates proposals that would place rules on lottery advertising and would strengthen penalties for school personnel who have sex with students.

Fact Check: Talking about Medicaid 'On the Record'

Reps. Skip Stam and Grier Martin debated the proposals from Gov. Pat McCrory's State of the State speech in this week's "On the Record." We fact check a couple claims.

Mark Binker

Stam: Lottery ads misleading

Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam says lottery ads for the All or Nothing game conflate games of chance with darts and other games of skill. Lottery officials say they're merely illustrating a point.

Mark Binker

House adds discrimination protections to charter bill

The state House voted to add a non-discrimination clause to a broader charter school bill Thursday after a debate about gay and lesbian students caused a outcry earlier this week.

Mark Binker

Stam calls pedophilia, sadism 'sexual orientations'

Advocates for gay and lesbian North Carolinians are calling on House Speaker Thom Tillis to explain his position on LGBT issues after inflammatory remarks on the House floor Tuesday by Tillis's second in command, House Speaker Pro Tem Skip Stam.

Laura Leslie

Fact Check: Does 'fracking' bill break a promise?

Opponents of a measure that is on its way to Gov. Pat McCrory says it breaks a promise not to open the state to natural gas drilling until the General Assembly had a chance to review the rules. So is a promise a promise?

Mark Binker

Power struggle develops over defending NC laws

Critics of giving the House and Senate leaders the power to intervene in any legal challenge to North Carolina laws say it violates separation of powers between the different branches of government.

Laura Leslie

Abortion ed bill passes House

A bill requiring 7th graders to be taught that abortion is a risk factor for later miscarriages is headed back to the Senate.

Laura Leslie

House OKs bill to teach abortion 'causes' miscarriage

House lawmakers have tentatively approved a proposal to teach middle school students that abortion is a cause of preterm births.

Laura Leslie

Senators question grants for special-needs students

Families of special-needs students could receive grants of up to $6,000 a year for therapy outside of public schools under a bill approved Tuesday by a House committee.

Matthew Burns

House OKs redraw of Wake school board seats

Wake County is one Senate vote away from its second round of school board redistricting in just three years.

Laura Leslie

Child Fatality Task Force on chopping block

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

GOP: 'Moral Monday' protests just the price of government

Legislators say the near-weekly protests are not changing their minds, but neither are they worried about the costs. June 3 is scheduled to be the fifth, and biggest yet, of the protests against the agenda of the GOP-lead legislature.

Mark Binker

House GOP advances bill to redraw Wake school board districts

A proposal to redraw Wake County's school board districts for the second time in four years is headed for the House floor after a party-line vote in House Elections Wednesday.

Laura Leslie

Racial Justice Act Repeal goes to House floor

A proposal to repeal the remainder of the 2009 Racial Justice Act could be up for a House vote Monday after passing its final committee Wednesday morning.

Laura Leslie