Brian Murphy
Sports Investigative Reporter at WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Sports investigative reporter + sometimes political reporter @wral | Also @murphsturph | Ex @newsobserver @mcclatchydc @idahostatesman | Tips: [email protected]
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3 days ago |
wral.com | Brian Murphy |Will Doran |Jack Hagel
North Carolina senators on Monday approved a plan to pay the commercial fishermen impacted by a proposed inland shrimp trawling ban. The approval came ahead of a planned Tuesday protest by shrimpers at the state legislature. The bill would provide “annual transition payments to eligible holders of commercial fishing licenses with verifiable lands of shrimp” from 2023 to present day. It passed 45-2 on Monday. The payments would last until Oct.
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4 days ago |
wral.com | Brian Murphy |Will Doran
A shrimp boat that washed ashore in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, by Hurricane Ian was finally freed from the sand on Tuesday with the help of a backhoe and another boat. Ahead of a planned Tuesday protest by shrimpers to a proposed inland trawling ban, North Carolina senators on Monday approved a plan to pay the commercial fishermen impacted by the potential restriction.
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1 week ago |
wral.com | Brian Murphy |Jack Hagel
Trawlers wouldn’t be allowed to net shrimp in North Carolina’s inland waters or within a half-mile of the coast under a proposal in the North Carolina Senate that has divided Republicans. Critics say the measure, if approved, would destroy the state’s shrimping industry. The new shrimp trawling prohibition was added Monday without much notice to a bill previously passed by the House. That bill was intended to create a pilot program to allow recreational fishing for flounder and red snapper.
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1 week ago |
wral.com | Brian Murphy |Paul Andy Specht |Jack Hagel
A North Carolina representative apologized to fellow lawmakers Tuesday for a social media post that brought her national attention following the weekend shootings of two Minnesota legislators. Representative Julie von Haefen, D-Wake, on Saturday posted an image of a protester’s sign featuring a guillotine and a fake severed head resembling President Donald Trump. The image, from an anti-Trump protest in Raleigh, led to calls for her resignation by Republicans, who said it showed poor judgment.
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1 week ago |
wral.com | Brian Murphy |Jack Hagel
The North Carolina Senate wants to ban some hemp products and prohibit the sale of certain THC drinks and gummies to anyone under the age of 21 — a proposal that could set up a fight with the House, which passed a more limited measure earlier in the session. A Senate committee is scheduled to discuss and vote on the new proposal Tuesday morning, fast-tracking the legislation as lawmakers prepare to adjourn before the end of the month, likely without a budget agreement.
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