North Carolina’s Republican-majority lawmakers on Tuesday overturned Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D) veto of House Bill 600, which would streamline water quality
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Senate Bill 9 was altered at the last minute by conference committees in the NC House and NC Senate to create Civic Review Boards for police and fire in Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
An amendment to the Civil Service Boards' makeup and authority brought by Rep. Ashton Clemmons earns approval, but a move to remove Winston-Salem is rejected.
Republican lawmakers in the North Carolina House filed House Bill 673 on April 18, which would criminalize drag shows in the presence of minors statewide. The proposed bill makes a first offense a Class A1 misdemeanor and subsequent offenses Class I felonies, punishable by 3 to 12 months imprisonment.