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[ ![Democrats push gun safety bills, tease more ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/76216fcfbb.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/democrats-push-gun-safety-bills-tease-more)

 By Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – North Carolina House Democrats have filed 12 gun-safety bills this session, all of which are yet to be heard in committee.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Jaleeyah’s Law, targeting gang-related crime, passes House](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/4f2e723c01.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/jaleeyahs-law-targeting-gang-related-crime-passes-house)

 By Andrew Pomeranz | Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – Jaleeyah's Law, the legislation aimed at toughening the state’s response to gang-related crime, has advanced through a committee in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Mental health reform package overwhelmingly passes House](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/d685eb0962.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/mental-health-reform-package-overwhelmingly-passes-house)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – North Carolina’s involuntary commitment system is part of a mental health reform package chamber leaders say will enhance public safety.

 

 

 

 

[ ![North Carolina 31st state to formally opt into Trump’s school choice program](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/3dc19f7961.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/north-carolina-31st-state-to-formally-opt-into-trumps-school-choice-program)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Federal tax credits of up to $1,700 each can start in 2027 for North Carolina families whose children are participating in the signature education initiative of second-term Republican

 

 

 

 

 

[ ![Canadian voting illegally in America will go to prison](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/d721e2aa44.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/canadian-voting-illegally-in-america-will-go-to-prison)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Denis Bouchard, the 70-year-old Canadian already having pleaded guilty to two false claims in connection to illegally voting in nine American elections, is going to prison for two

 

 

 

 

[ ![Regulatory reform hops into, replaces hospital bill, sails through House](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/37d1c861a4.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/regulatory-reform-hops-into-replaces-hospital-bill-sails-through-house)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Regulatory reform for education, business and development are in an overhauled bill passed Wednesday by the North Carolina House of Representatives that 400 days earlier was unanimously approved

 

 

 

 

[ ![Seven deadly sins offer opportunities to tax, and lawmakers will try](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/37d1c861a4.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/seven-deadly-sins-offer-opportunities-to-tax-and-lawmakers-will-try)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Making use of one of the seven deadly sins, three North Carolina senators are pushing a bill that includes a tax on pornography.