NC House

The state House’s budget bill would delay scheduled income tax cuts while giving state employees and teachers larger raises than the Senate is proposing.

House lawmakers have begun to release parts of their state budget. They're waiting to announce plans for teacher pay...but have unveiled proposals for school funding increases alongside cuts to DPI.

The N.C. House began releasing its budget proposal Thursday, and Republicans are planning cuts in what's expected to be a tight budget year.

Last week marked a legislative "crossover" deadline, where bills that haven't passed either the House or Senate are considered dead. More than 700 of those bills were filed by Democrats — and they listed all of them on a chart during a news conference.

The state House voted Wednesday to require insurance companies to cover more testing for breast cancer and other diseases.

The state House could vote Wednesday to make the medication Ivermectin available at pharmacies without a prescription, after the bill passed two committee votes Tuesday.

State lawmakers want to restrict the powers of homeowners associations, proposing legislation that would address everything from unpaid dues to parking regulations.

State lawmakers want to crack down on drivers who they say are going too slow on the state's highways. A bill that passed the House Transportation Committee Wednesday would require slower drivers to move out of the left lane if they're "impeding traffic."

A bill moving in the state House this week would reintroduce the electric chair and firing squads as part of the death penalty.

A bipartisan group of state House lawmakers want new regulations for artificial intelligence. The bill would make it a misdemeanor to create what's known as "deepfake" AI content.