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Dome: Recycling advocates don’t like Senate budget
The state Senate took the final vote on its $20.6 billion budget Thursday, passing it along party lines.
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Dome: Racial Justice Act supporters rally one more time
Supporters of the Racial Justice Act mounted an offensive Wednesday in hopes of beating back this session’s attempt to wipe the act off the books and resume executions.
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Dome: Lawmakers bring back NC-SC hoops rivalry
NC lawmakers will take to the court against their SC counterparts Wednesday night.
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Dome: Revamped voucher plan debuts in House committee Tuesday
House lawmakers will consider a revamped plan to provide taxpayer dollars to help send public school students to private schools.
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Dome: Triangle GOP lawmakers aren’t keen on rewriting Jordan Lake rules
Senate Bill 515, which would repeal current environmental protections at Jordan Lake so that new ones could be written, is a GOP-promoted idea. But not all Republicans are on board.
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Dome: LaRoque theft, money-laundering trial begins Monday
Former N.C. Rep. Stephen LaRoque goes on trial in federal court Monday in Greenville to defend himself against charges that he illegally used federal loan money in his re-lending enterprise.
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Dome: Blackwater had a use for Sharia law
The private military contractor formerly called Blackwater tried to use Sharia law in 2006 to escape responsibility for a flight that killed three soldiers and the flight crew. Federal judges said no.
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Dome: Durham Tech employee fired for working a private business on state time
A state auditor's investigation into a Durham Technical Community College employee working a private business on the state's dime led to the employee's firing, a report released Wednesday revealed.
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Dome: Tax ideas on the table including capping local sales tax
A week after Senate Republicans unveiled an ambitious yet controversial tax overhaul measure, the forthcoming legislation continues to take shape.
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Dome: Wake judge issues restraining order over Asheville water
Wake County Superior Court Judge Don Stephens issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday afternoon preventing the City of Asheville’s water system from being transferred to a regional water system.
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Dome: Jam-packed action expected in legislature for Crossover Week
Welcome to Crossover Week on Jones Street. Think the action's been fast so far? Well, hold onto our elephant ears, this week lawmakers will be shoveling as many bills as possible through committee and out to their floors for a vote to meet a Thursday deadline dubbed crossover.


