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NC lawmakers push for rioters to face felony charges. So what is considered a riot?

NC lawmakers push for rioters to face felony charges. So what is considered a riot? Danielle Battaglia, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Mar. 16 RALEIGH Participating in a riot in any form in North Carolina could soon leave you susceptible to felony charges. On Monday, Sen. Danny Britt, a Lumberton Republican, filed Senate Bill 300, labeled the Criminal Justice Reform bill. The 12-page bill includes a provision that would increase the punishment for anyone participating in a riot from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class H felony. We want folks to know that it is our opinion that these crimes are serious, Britt told The News & Observer on Tuesday. We hope that this will convey to them the need to actually prosecute crimes at a serious level.

Stunning statistic shows how North Carolina is a national leader…in cruelty toward families in need

Stunning statistic shows how North Carolina is a national leader…in cruelty toward families in need

NC Senate advances a bipartisan bill to allow some parents seeking drug treatment to keep Medicaid coverage

The state Senate is advancing a bill that aims to allow parents who are on Medicaid and temporarily lose custody of their children to stay on the government insurance plan so they can more easily get drug or mental health treatment. Senate Bill 93 would require the state Department of Health and Human Services to ask the federal government for permission to keep these parents in the Medicaid program. Sen. Danny Britt, a Lumberton Republican and one of the bill’s primary sponsors, said staying on Medicaid would make it easier for parents to obtain court-ordered substance abuse or mental health treatment while their children are in foster care. Losing Medicaid causes months-long delays while parents search for other ways to pay for treatment, he said.