Avi Bajpai
North Carolina Politics Reporter at The News & Observer
Covering North Carolina politics for @newsobserver. @GWtweets alum. Tips, story ideas and feedback: [email protected].
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23 hours ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan |Avi Bajpai |Caitlyn Yaede
Good morning and welcome to Under the Dome.I'm Caitlyn Yaede. Up first, a dispatch from Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan on the state legislator honored for saving a woman's life. State Rep. Dean Arp received a standing ovation on the House floor Tuesday, for both helping a woman escape her burning home in February, and helping her to get a new home this month. Arp, a Union County Republican and top House budget writer, was driving through Richmond County with his wife when they passed a home on fire.
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1 week ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Avi Bajpai
For nearly two decades, legal challenges have blocked the death penalty in North Carolina from being carried out. Now, Republican lawmakers who want to lift the state's de-factomoratorium on capital punishment are advancing a bill this week ahead of a key legislative deadline that would approve two new methods of execution. Or more precisely, two very old methods.
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1 week ago |
newsobserver.com | Avi Bajpai
State Sen. Joyce Waddell of Charlotte is one of four Democrats who voted for the Senate GOP's budget proposal with the hope of being involved in discussions going forward, and changing certain things in the $66 billion, two-year spending plan. [email protected] As negotiations over the state budget take place over the coming months, a Charlotte Democrat is one of a few members of the minority party who is trying to influence what is, and is not, included in the GOP's final spending plan.
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2 weeks ago |
gazettextra.com | Avi Bajpai
A GOP bill that seeks to bolster the state law requiring sheriffs to cooperate more closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved forward on Tuesday with the support of a Charlotte Democrat. The N.C. House voted 70-45 to approve House Bill 318, a measure spearheaded by Republican Speaker Destin Hall.
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2 weeks ago |
dailyitem.com | Avi Bajpai
A GOP bill that seeks to bolster the state law requiring sheriffs to cooperate more closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved forward on Tuesday with the support of a Charlotte Democrat. The N.C. House voted 70-45 to approve House Bill 318, a measure spearheaded by Republican Speaker Destin Hall.
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