This is a post about an important change in state law concerning how licensing boards deal with applicants who have conviction records. Plus, it has alligators.
Kari Travis wrote an article this week in Carolina Journal on the current debate over smokable hemp in the General Assembly. According to Travis: A House committee on July 17 moved to ban smokable hemp flowers via Senate Bill 352, “Amend NC Controlled Substances Act.” While hemp and marijuana…
Since 2018, rule removal has slowed by about half (to 6.2 percent when it was 12.1 percent). Also, more rules are being sent back through the rules adoption process (now 34.1 percent when it was 26.1 percent).
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online on the role of politics in N.C. permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains how official statistics understate economic growth.
State Rep. Greg Murphy’s win this month in a Republican runoff completes the candidate lineup for Sept. 10 special N.C. elections. Voters will fill vacancies in the 3rd and 9th congressional districts. Rick Henderson analyzes the races for the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio. Terry Stoops…
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on the alcohol regulation reform bill sitting on Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk. Terry Stoops’ Daily Journal focuses on summer vacation for students and teachers.
Brooke Conrad reports for Carolina Journal Online on highlights from the third day of North Carolina’s partisan gerrymandering trial. John Trump’s Daily Journal assesses the General Assembly’s recent alcohol regulation reforms.
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on approval of a state alcohol regulation reform bill. John Hood’s Daily Journal offers ideas for resolving the state budget impasse.
