Weekly Wrap: Florence session, anti-amendments ads

First up, they plan to address the schedules of schools that have been closed for weeks because of the storm and the pay of teachers who work at those schools. During the following week, the General Assembly is expected to return to pass a large package of relief aid.

Meanwhile, a group called Stop Deceptive Amendments has started a $2 million television ad campaign against two of the six proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall. The targeted amendments shift appointment powers for the state elections board and judicial vacancies from the governor to lawmakers.

The group had to recut one of the ads after former Gov. Pat McCrory complained that the ad was misleading. He and the other four living former governors have come out against the two appointments amendments, but McCrory said he favors the other four proposals on the ballot: requiring photo identification to vote at the polls, lowering the cap on the state income tax rate, expanding the rights of crime victims and guaranteeing the right to fish and hunt in the state.