Regulatory reform Coverage

In effort to boost housing supply, lawmakers propose loosening rules for builders

Recent bills deal with different ways to address the same basic issue: Delays in getting permits from local governments. Two aim to loosen restrictions on inspections, zoning.

Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter

After years of back and forth, some hospital reforms pass NC legislature

Bill would require less state approval for smaller upgrades at hospitals and other health care practices.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Senate again delays veto overrides

The Senate had three override votes on its calendar, including the vetoed state budget, but all three were pushed back to Thursday.

Cooper vetoes regulatory reform bill

Governor cites trash can, septic system provisions.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Cooper vetoes changes to billboard regulations

Gov. Roy Cooper issued his second veto in two days on Thursday, saying he couldn't support legislation that loosens state regulations for billboards.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

Rollback of regulations on new health care facilities gets Senate OK

The Senate on Wednesday approved a rollback of the Certificate of Need regulations that restrict the expansion of new health care facilities.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter, & Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

Watered down reform bill emerges on hospital regulations

New bill would focus on process reforms and phase in a rollback of rules that limit dialysis, other centers.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Handful of landfill, building code reforms clear Senate

Bill would help Charlotte Motor Speedway clean up an old landfill, require fewer water fountains and toilets in small businesses.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Bill would drop North Carolina's TV, computer ban at landfills

Annual regulatory reform bill also sweetens state contribution to Charlotte Motor Speedway cleanup.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Lawsuit: Marine Fisheries Commission violates open meetings law

Commercial fishermen's ongoing beef with state regulators has taken a new turn: a lawsuit alleging repeated violations of North Carolina's open meetings law.

Matthew Burns, WRAl.com senior producer/politics editor

Senate limit on $100M regulations hits hurdle in House

House leaders gave a Senate push to outlaw expensive state regulations the side-eye Thursday, questioning whether legislation likely to be before the General Assembly next week is the right path to a noble goal.

Travis Fain

One-day session bogs down over legislative push for regulatory veto

Legislation to expand a General Assembly veto over executive branch rule-making and a grab-bag of changes in environmental law emerged at the state house Thursday, bogging down a one-day gathering initially set aside to consider Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes.

Travis Fain

Scores of bills move as legislative session wanes

Tempers are growing short at the General Assembly as lawmakers prepare to end a long legislative session and work well into the night.

Matthew Burns

House, Senate tying up loose ends

As state lawmakers prepare to adjourn for the year, the House and the Senate are trying to move as much legislation through the pipeline as possible this week.

Matthew Burns and Laura Leslie

Drugs, alcohol on House agenda

The House debates bills on changes to state alcohol laws and opioid addiction prevention.

House takes down billboard rules changes

In a sudden defeat for a leading House member, the chamber on Monday defeated a proposal to loosen restrictions on billboards.

Matthew Burns

Looser billboard rules finally on move in House

State legislation that would supersede some local ordinances restricting the size and location of billboards appears to be on its way to the House floor after repeated false starts in recent months.

Matthew Burns

House panel rolls out annual regulatory reform proposal

In what's become an annual hallmark of the approaching end of session, House lawmakers rolled out this year's regulatory reform omnibus in committee Wednesday, dealing with issues from alarm systems to doggie daycare.

Laura Leslie

House panel weighs regulatory reform, billboard proposals

A House committee debates a proposal loosening restrictions on where billboards can be placed.

NC fishing fight moves inland

The long-running battle between commercial and recreational fishermen moved Tuesday to Raleigh, where both sides and lawmakers parried with their poles and nets over a proposal to put more regulations on commercial fishing along the North Carolina coast.

Matthew Burns

Doctors, nurses face off over supervision requirement

An effort to free some advanced practice nurses from physician oversight is being roundly criticized by North Carolina doctors groups.

Matthew Burns

Several high-profile bills left behind by lawmakers

The North Carolina General Assembly concluded its work Friday without taking action on high-profile items, including a trio of constitutional amendments.

Mark Binker

Limits on regulatory costs, recycling rollback clears Senate

Senators approved a measure that would end the requirement that cities and counties host electronics recycling programs. The same bill would limit the imposition of regulations that would cost more than $100 million over five years.

Mark Binker

Bill targets rules for electronics recycling, turtle sales

The annual regulatory reform bill, unveiled Thursday morning, takes aim at electronics recycling and energy efficiency requirements, as well as environmental rules and the state's long-standing ban on the sale of pet turtles.

Laura Leslie

Berger says HB2 won't be repealed

Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger vowed Wednesday that a new law that sets discrimination policy statewide will remain in place despite growing cries from the business community and others to repeal it.

Matthew Burns