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The House voted 77-43 on Wednesday to approve the measure, which would let people with concealed weapons permits carry openly or under clothing while attending religious services at locations where private schools or charter schools also meet. Six Democrats joined all Republicans in voting for it.
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A bill that advanced Tuesday through the Senate Judiciary Committee combines several previously vetoed measures that would ease requirements to purchase handguns and allow people to carry concealed firearms in more locations, including some schools based in houses of worship.
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The measure scheduled for debate in the House Health Committee would direct the state starting in 2024 to cover several hundred thousand people who would qualify for expansion under the 2010 federal health care law.
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“This is historic. We will be the first state legislature in the country to launch a bipartisan, bicameral HBCU caucus,” said Representative Zack Hawkins.
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North Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate has passed a bill requiring teachers to alert parents in most circumstances before calling a student by a different name or pronoun. Sponsors say the bill is needed to keep parents informed about what their children are being taught in public schools. Critics say it would make schools unsafe spaces for LGBTQ and questioning children to explore their identities.
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The bill up for debate Tuesday would require public school personnel to alert parents before calling their child by a different name or pronoun and prohibit instruction about gender identity and sexuality in K-4 classrooms.
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Clark Riemer, chief of staff to Rep. Jason Saine, and Rob Schofield, director of NC Policy Watch, review the week in North Carolina politics.
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Current state law only makes it a misdemeanor to vandalize equipment that interrupts the transmission of electricity. A perpetrator also would face a $250,000 fine and potential lawsuits.
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Current state law bans nearly all abortions after 20 weeks, with narrow exceptions for urgent medical emergencies that do not include rape or incest. House Speaker Tim Moore told reporters he didn’t expect the Democrats’ bill to get considered.
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Attacks last month in Moore County, North Carolina, knocked out power to more than 45,000 customers for several days. Those attacks, and others in Washington, Oregon, South Carolina and Nevada, have underscored the vulnerability of the nation’s far-flung electrical grid, which security experts have long warned could be a target for domestic extremists.