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The General Assembly has just adjourned what could be one of the most evocative sessions in recent history. With tensions running high inside and outside the chamber doors, several laws were passed with broad implications for the future of Raleigh.
Last week at the North Carolina General Assembly a bill to give control of school building to the County Commission moved forward, another about filling vacancies on the board passed with bipartisan support. The governor also signed a bill requiring abstinence-only education for students in the 7th grade.
Abortion has become a focal point of the General Assembly’s recent dialogue. Three bills in particular receive our attention in this week’s update, as well a bill concerning zoning and property owners’ rights.
Two bills about abortion are part of the state General Assembly’s lineup this week.
A bill requiring teachers to mention abortion as a cause of pre-term birth passed the State House this week. In other business, legislators chose new state sybmols.
Gov. McCrory used his executive pen a lot this past week. Two bills have become law and two appointments to public office have been confirmed.
Two very different pieces of legislation have just landed on the governor’s desk – both of them carrying significant weight for educators and convicts alike.
The General Assembly is set to hand Gov. Pat McCrory the controversial Red Route Bill to study options for a highway through Garner, while legislation concerning capital punishment is now on this week’s calendar.
Two appointments to state office are about to be confirmed as talk of the Dix property begins to cool down.
Last week on Jones Street, a bill to promote a study of the Red Route for N.C. 540 moved forward, while Gov. Pat McCrory and Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane announced a possible deal for Dix park. Photo by TW Buckner.
