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This past month has certainly been March Madness at the North Carolina General Assembly. Our legislators have been busy introducing hundreds of new bills that, if signed into law, can have a huge impact on our region and state. With Republicans just one vote shy of a supermajority in the House (71 to 48) and a supermajority in the Senate (30 to 20), Republicans will need to flip one Democrat vote or work with Governor Stein for their bills to become law. While this list doesn’t even scratch the surface, let’s take a look at some of the good, bad, and controversial bills that I’ve been following this past month.

  02 April 2025