Recently, NPR has been reporting on the financial standing of each state after the Coronavirus has sent the nation’s economy into disarray. Business closures, unemployment claims, less travel, and less commercial activity have left states trying to address giant budget holes. While North Carolina isn’t immune to the strain of COVID-19’s economic fallout, our state…
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When the Coronavirus pandemic first hit North Carolina, House Republicans wasted no time establishing working groups to determine the best way to provide relief to those affected by the Coronavirus. The legislature passed SB 704 and HB 1043, which provided immediate relief for individuals, families, front line workers, and businesses hurt by the virus and…
This week two defamatory mail pieces were sent to voters in North Carolina House District 12, comprising Lenoir County and parts of Pitt County. The pieces in question falsely claimed that Rep. Humphrey used his position as an elected official “securing $50,000 in taxpayer money to go to a non-profit directly connected to his wife.”…
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the need for high speed internet is even more critical as students and educators move to online learning and more doctors appointments done with Telehealth appointments. Thankfully our Republican-led General Assembly has already made significant investments in expanding access to Broadband internet. In this legislative session, the General Assembly passed: …
Harnett County GOP Executive Committee members residing in House District 53 this evening selected Howard Penny to replace retiring Rep. David Lewis on the ballot this November. Harnett County GOP Executive Committee members residing in House District 53 this evening selected Howard Penny to replace retiring Rep. David Lewis on the ballot this November. A…
The North Carolina Republican House Caucus would like to congratulate Representative Destin Hall of Caldwell County on his appointment as Co-Chairman of the North Carolina House Rules Committee. Rep. Hall has served two terms in the North Carolina House and will be a fierce advocate for the pro-business and pro-growth policies of the last decade…
In the 1990s while serving as Assistant District Attorney Scott Brewer was involved in a string of controversial cases that put Black men on death row. In many of these cases Brewer and his boss Ken Honeycutt fabricated or withheld key evidence. In 2004 Jonathan Gregory Hoffman, a death row inmate, was awarded a new…
On Tuesday the North Carolina House of Representatives discussed Senate Bill 599, a bill that would allow small businesses to safely reopen that Gov. Cooper has kept closed. During the debate, Rep. Graig Meyer (D-Orange) voiced his serious concerns with the state’s handling of COVID-19. “As a state, we’re failing to adequately trace the virus,”…
The state House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation last Wednesday to reform criminal justice expunction laws and provide a ‘second chance’ to citizens convicted of certain nonviolent offenses in North Carolina.Senate Bill 562 Second Chance Act makes changes to North Carolina’s expunction laws. The legislation includes the following key reforms: Allows the expunction of certain misdemeanors and felonies…
Rep. Jeffrey Elmore, the only public school teacher currently serving in the North Carolina Legislature, expressed his disappointment today after hearing reports that a local after school organization had to layoff their executive director and other key roles because of budget shortfalls. The organization, Communities in Schools of Northwest North Carolina, has been a staple…