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After years of objecting to taxpayer subsidies, including but not restricted to those for energy, the N.C. House today quietly passed legislation that would create a task force to explore ways to provide public funding to incentivize the expansion...

The bill would cut North Carolina residents' ability to seek redress in court for smell and sprayed waste from nearby factory farms, and "would create a new class within North Carolina’s population: limited-rights citizens," according to Molly...

A law approved Monday by the state Senate and now heading to the House would severely limit the ability of landowners to seek redress in court when they feel they have suffered a loss of use or value of their property due to neighboring farming or...

Lawmakers are moving fast to pass laws before the "short session" ends, rounding out the week with a Senate vote to override Governor Cooper's budget veto and tentative approval of a stinker of a Farm Act. Cassie Gavin gives an update.

Budgets are about appropriating funds, but they have long been a favorite place for North Carolina politicians to insert policy provisions that might not garner sufficient votes on their own. That tradition held true this week as the General...

The NC Senate today gave tentative approval to the state budget that has mixed news for the environment, particularly for water quality and clean transportation - topics "all North Carolinians can get behind - but apparently not all legislators," N....

There wasn’t much public action at the General Assembly this week as budget negotiations continued behind the scenes, Cassie Gavins writes. But things could begin heating up next week with the budget proposal expected to appear with a reduced...

Lawmakers returned to Raleigh this week and promptly filed legislation to address the contamination of the Cape Fear River with the toxic chemical GenX. But the bills fall short of what's needed to adequately deal with the problem, according to...

"Governor Cooper’s budget would be a win for North Carolinians and the environment thanks to increased funding for clean water and land protection. It would also improve coastal resiliency from natural disasters and strengthen the state’s capacity...

As the NC General Assembly prepares for its short session, we look at how lawmakers might act to help - or hold back - wind energy development. A wind study is under way and a moratorium on new wind energy projects expires at the end of 2018. When...