The Republican-controlled legislature is dragging its feet in response to the devastation in western North Carolina caused by ...
Roy Cooper on Tuesday vetoed a Hurricane Helene relief bill that also ... Cooper’s veto of SB 382 marks his 12th this year, and lawmakers so far have overridden all 11 previous vetoes.
As Stein concludes the first month of his term, The Chronicle analyzed the state government’s veto history from 1997 to 2024 ...
All 10 of his vetoes from 2024 were overridden ... previously stated that he plans to veto any bill that contains further abortion restrictions. Aside from Helene relief and bipartisan ...
Downed trees from Helene litter a mountainside in northern Mitchell County in December. Locals are worried it creates a risk for wildfires, and both the N.C. House and Gov. Josh Stein are ...
Roy Cooper’s veto. Cooper, a Democrat, had argued the bill strips money from Hurricane Helene victims, who were still rebuilding after the September storm ravaged western Western North Carolina.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WCYB) — A Helene relief bill passed in the Tennessee General Assembly on Wednesday. The bill creates two funds known as the Hurricane Helene Interest Payment Fund and the ...
In Boone, N.C., a parking lot was flooded as Tropical Storm Helene barreled over ... What is this bill that Republicans enacted through veto override? Paul Specht: State lawmakers have enacted ...
State lawmakers released a bill detailing how they would spend an additional $500 million on recovery efforts in North Carolina following the devastation caused by Helene in late September.
Republican House Speaker Destin Hall told reporters as the legislative session began in January that a Helene funding bill topped his to-do list, so Stein is making his pitch ahead of that bill ...