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North Carolina’s second-highest court will decide in the weeks ahead whether Lenoir County violated its own ordinances by permitting a new automobile auction-sales operation just outside La Grange. The town argues that the business should have been rejected as an impermissible junkyard.
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Raleigh, N.C. - The state’s seasonally adjusted October 2023 unemployment rate was 3.4 percent, unchanged from September’s revised rate. The national rate increased 0.1 of a percentage point to 3.9 percent.
Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. November updates from Eastern North Carolina and Washington, D.C.
RALEIGH – Few things are scarier than the consequences of driving while impaired. From now until Oct. 31, statewide law enforcement will be increasing saturation patrols and using checkpoints to keep impaired drivers off the road, as part of the annual “Booze It & Lose It” campaign.
We've had a busy month in Raleigh. Since our last newsletter, we've passed a fiscally conservative State Budget into law, overrode 5 more of Governor Cooper's vetoes, and enacted a resolution to support the Nation of Israel.
On Thursday, the North Carolina General Assembly ratified the 2023 State Budget (HB 259), which passed 70-40 in the House and 29-19 in the Senate.
Congress is back in session, and our primary legislative priority is ensuring the government remains funded while reducing reckless spending and addressing the Biden-created crisis at our southern border.
The state’s seasonally adjusted August 2023 unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, unchanged from July’s revised rate. The national rate increased 0.3 of a percentage point to 3.8 percent.
The Child and Adult Care Food Program helps eligible children and adults access healthy, nutritious food by reimbursing qualified child care programs, adult day programs and other non-residential care programs for meals and snacks served to enrollees. CACFP is administered federally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and at the state level by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Emergency Management are encouraging North Carolinians across eastern and central portions of the state to be prepared for tropical weather over the next couple of days.
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Yesterday, Governor Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency to activate the state’s emergency operations plan, waive transportation rules to help the transport of fuel and critical supplies and services, help first responders and assist the agriculture industry to prepare in advance for inclement weather and protect consumers from price gouging.
The state’s seasonally adjusted July 2023 unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, unchanged from June’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 3.5 percent.
A week of heightened political tension in North Carolina's capital culminated with Senate and House Republicans overriding six of Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes, turning controversial bills into law.
