by NCCEP Editor | Aug 30, 2019 | Front Page, Legislative Updates
After nearly two months of trying to find the votes to override the Governor’s veto of the budget, it appears Republican leadership has changed their strategy. Last week and this week, Republican leadership has pushed House Bill 74, which was amended to be a bill that...
by NCCEP Editor | Aug 22, 2019 | Front Page
Telephone scammers are getting more sophisticated. Recently the North Carolina Medical Board (NCMB) learned scammers are spoofing the Board’s main telephone number to make their calls appear legitimate. Scammers typically threaten loss of the target’s professional...
by NCCEP Editor | Aug 22, 2019 | Front Page, Legislative Updates
We find ourselves in a sort of legislative limbo with session still officially underway but very few committees meeting and just a handful of bills being finished up here or there. The Senate has been absent a great deal and the House has been stripping bills or...
by NCCEP Editor | Aug 5, 2019 | Front Page, Legislative Updates
It has been an eventful time at the General Assembly as legislators work to see their bills on the Governor’s desk before the end of session and as the debate over the budget continues. House Republicans have worked tirelessly to convince a handful of Democrats to...
by NCCEP Editor | May 29, 2019 | Front Page, Legislative Updates
The legislature has continued business at a slower pace following the heavy schedules for both chambers during Crossover and the release of the House’s proposed budget. With the House having passed its version of the budget, the Senate has been spending most of their...
by NCCEP Editor | May 14, 2019 | Front Page, Legislative Updates
Last Thursday was the General Assembly’s crossover deadline, the date by which bills without a financial element must move from one chamber to another in order to stay alive for the session. Usually, this is a week filled with late nights and craziness, but this...