The Civitas Institute has put together a five part article series examining the usefulness and practicality of the Certificate of Need (CON) program, a centrally-planned program controlling almost all healthcare organizations in the state. It arrives just as state legislators are beginning to review the system’s impacts and usefulness. The series is intended to educate [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2011
DOMA Makes Its Way to 2012 May Ballot
A Defense of Marriage constitutional amendment (DOMA) will be placed on the 2012 May primary ballot for voter approval. Each side spoke extensively about their position on the bill when it was debated in both the House and the Senate. President Pro Tem Phil Berger also specifically commented, “We look forward to eight months of [...]
NC Senate Passes Term Limits for Legislative Leaders
Term limits for the House Speaker and Senate President Pro Tem received bipartisan support in the Senate with a 35-9 vote to approve a constitutional amendment. The measure then moved to the House. The legislative leaders would be limited to four consecutive two-year terms. That would be eight years, the same as the Governor and [...]
DOMA Passes the House 75-42
After an extremely lengthy debate with long speeches from both sides of the aisle, the Defense of Marriage Amendment (DOMA) passed the House 75-42. SB 514 began as a Nutrient Management Plan bill but was modified through a favorable House Rules committee substitute today to become a DOMA bill. The legislation was then sent to [...]
Ed governance constitutional amendment killed
Any last hopes for legislation to improve the governance of public education in North Carolina were dashed earlier this afternoon when the Senate Judiciary Committee gutted HB 823 and morphed the bill into a constitutional amendment on term limits for legislative leadership. Under the legislation, the House Speaker and the President of the Senate would be [...]
