政府. Pat McCrory this week signed into law a bill focused on enforcement of immigration laws that prohibits municipalities from accepting local identification cards for identification purposes. 关于城市的另一个关键问题, HB 318 Protect North Carolina Workers Act largely keeps intact the concessions won last year regarding E-Verify requirements for cities when making purchases.
The legislation -- some of it aimed at preventing so-called sanctuary city policies -- has been controversial as a h和ful of North Carolina local governments had adopted procedures or ordinances aimed primarily at encouraging cooperation with law enforcement by prohibiting immigration status checks for victims 和 witnesses to crimes. Greensboro had been accepting a locally-produced identification card 和 Charlotte City Council members also had discussed supporting their creation. The new North Carolina law prohibits any city or county from having any policy, ordinance or procedure that has the effect of restricting the enforcement of federal immigration law.
With the signing of HB 318, 11 bills remained on Thursday night for 政府ernor McCrory to act on. Those 11 would have few effects on municipalities. The governor had until midnight tonight to act, 要么签署法案使之成为法律, vetoing them or allowing them to become law without his signature. 阅读早先关于HB 318的联赛报道 在这里. 阅读媒体报道 在这里 和 在这里.
In the wake of the longest legislative session in a decade, a Raleigh legislator has formed a committee of well-known North Carolinians to push for limits on the length of legislative sessions. 代表. 加里·彭德尔顿说, undetermined schedule of the North Carolina legislature makes House 和 Senate seats unattractive to younger people who must make a living. 明年, he plans to introduce a bill calling for a constitutional amendment to limit sessions to 90 days in odd-numbered years 和 45 days in even-numbered years. The committee that he has formed to promote the idea includes former state Attorney General Rufus Edmisten, former state Board of Education chair 和 NC Chamber head Phil Kirk, 和 former state Chief Justice Burley Mitchell. 参见媒体对这一努力的报道
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The General Assembly is likely to see significant turnover again in 2017 as more legislators announce they will not seek re-election. 代表. 约翰斯顿郡的詹姆斯·兰登, a six-term legislator who has been chair of the House Agriculture Committee, is the latest state lawmaker to decide not to seek another term. 他加入了rep. 亨德森的内森·巴斯克维尔, 史密斯菲尔德的利奥·多特里, Paul Tine of Kitty Hawk 和 Paul "Skip" Stam of Apex as legislators who have announced recently that they will not run for re-election.
Langdon's departure sets up an election battle between the chair of the Johnston County Board of Commissioners, 托尼科布市, 和 the chair of the Johnston County Board of Education, 拉里·斯特里克兰, both of whom have announced that they will run for the GOP nomination for the seat. 与此同时, Wake County school board member Susan Evans has announced that she will seek the Senate seat held by Sen. 塔玛拉·巴林杰. 罗恩·埃尔默, 精明的会计师和财务规划师, also has announced that he will make another run for state treasurer.
代表. Bryan Holloway of Stokes County has resigned his House seat to become a lobbyist representing the N.C. 校董会协会. 代表resentative Holloway has been a primary education budget-writer for the House 和 is a former social studies teacher. The League thanks 代表resentative Holloway for his service 和 congratulates him on his new position.
The City of Wilson has been awarded a $10 million federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, 或老虎, 格兰特. 这笔拨款是由美国政府宣布的.S. 代表. G.K. 巴特菲尔德, will be used for a project intended to make pedestrian traffic safer 和 to encourage business investment. The scope of the project includes intersection improvements, 中位数, 人行道上, 行人径及排水系统. The City of Wilson will contribute $3 million toward the project.
在发布公告时, Congressman 巴特菲尔德 praised the Wilson city staff for working to put together an application that demonstrated the need for the project. The $10 million is part of $500 million in competitive TIGER 格兰特s being awarded nationwide. 阅读媒体对该奖助金的报道 在这里.
The state Department of Commerce has designated Laurinburg 和 Reidsville as N.C. 注册退休社区. 这个项目, designed to demonstrate a quality of life desirable to retirees, 成立于2008年. 为了获得认证, a municipality must go through a process that shows its readiness for retirees 和 that it has amenities attractive to them.
前州参议员. Steve Goss of Boone has died after battling cancer. Goss served two terms in the Senate from 2007 to 2010. He was a Baptist minister whose career also included time as a high school teacher 和 football coach. 365足彩下载向他的家人表示哀悼.
