This has been another busy week at the General Assembly. We passed House Bill 1973, Keep North Carolina Competitive Act, out of the House Monday night. The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Finance. This bill is of vital importance to Cleveland County in regard to creating and maintaining jobs: potential data centers, Clearwater Paper, and wood chippers. Economic development legislation must remain one of our top priorities. Hopefully, we will continue to keep hearing more good news for Cleveland County. More »
You will be pleased to know that House Bill 1973, Keep North Carolina Competitive Act, passed out of the House Finance Committee Wednesday and was voted on in the House yesterday during second reading. We debated on the bill for approximately two hours, and the bill passed 76 to 28. The bill will be on the House calendar for third reading Monday night. More »
On Wednesday, we had Michael Chrisawn, President of the Cleveland County Chamber, and other members of the Chamber come visit the General Assembly. They met with several cabinet secretaries along with the Lt. Governor. I always enjoy having the Chamber visit and enjoy constituents stopping by any time they are in Raleigh. More »
This has been an extremely busy week in the House of Representatives, and many groups have visited the General Assembly. On Wednesday, the House Appropriations committee met and amendments were offered in committee regarding the House budget that the leadership presented. More »
Work on the Senate Budget continues in the House. Subcommittees have been meeting this week, and the subcommittees will each vote on their changes to the Senate Budget tomorrow. The budget is supposed to be voted on next week, and then conferees will be appointed to iron out the differences in the House and Senate versions of the budget. The final budget is still on schedule to be voted on the last week of June. More »