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The state House today voted 63-48 to pass the Farm Act, a bill that ostensibly supports North Carolina's farmers, but includes giveaways to industrial hog operations that endanger the environment and public health. Senate Bill 315 will now be...

The N.C. House passed an amended version of the S 559, Storm Securitization/Alt. Rates, revising a section that would have allowed Duke Energy to seek permission for multiple years of rate increases in one request. That section has instead been...

The "billboard protection act" is heading to Gov. Roy Cooper's desk after the House approved Senate changes to the measure. Cassie Gavin explains what may happen next.

The N.C. House today voted 60-54 to accept Senate changes to a bill that would promote the interests of the billboard industry at the expense of trees, local government authority and scenic beauty. House Bill 645, “Revisions to Outdoor Advertising...

It's quiet - too quiet - in Raleigh as the N.C. General Assembly is caught in a parliamentary wrestling match over Gov. Roy Cooper's budget veto. Meanwhile, environmentally important bills that are being followed by the N.C. Sierra Club are also in...

Today, a coalition of water and environmental justice advocates released a study conducted by the Applied Economics Clinic (AEC), showing Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) “has not provided convincing evidence” of a need for the MVP extension....

The spotlight at the General Assembly this week was on the fight over gerrymandered districts. But, Cassie Gavin writes, some unappealing environmental bills moved forward through the process at the same time.

The state Senate this evening passed a measure that would limit the ability of local governments to determine how to control billboards and would allow more cutting of the public’s trees along highways to increase billboard visibility. The measure...

It's not just the state budget that's in a stalemate at the General Assembly. Cassie Gavin reports that some environmentally interesting measures appear to be caught in a back-and-forth that is preventing them from reaching votes.

North Carolina lawmakers are shuffling bills on and off the House and Senate calendar as they seek better odds for passage - and a way to fix a budget impasse - in what might be the session's waning days. Cassie Gavin warns that there may be more to...