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It's quiet - too quiet - in Raleigh as the N.C. General Assembly is caught in a parliamentary wrestling match over Gov. Roy Cooper's budget veto. Meanwhile, environmentally important bills that are being followed by the N.C. Sierra Club are also in...

Today, a coalition of water and environmental justice advocates released a study conducted by the Applied Economics Clinic (AEC), showing Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) “has not provided convincing evidence” of a need for the MVP extension....

The spotlight at the General Assembly this week was on the fight over gerrymandered districts. But, Cassie Gavin writes, some unappealing environmental bills moved forward through the process at the same time.

The state Senate this evening passed a measure that would limit the ability of local governments to determine how to control billboards and would allow more cutting of the public’s trees along highways to increase billboard visibility. The measure...

It's not just the state budget that's in a stalemate at the General Assembly. Cassie Gavin reports that some environmentally interesting measures appear to be caught in a back-and-forth that is preventing them from reaching votes.

North Carolina lawmakers are shuffling bills on and off the House and Senate calendar as they seek better odds for passage - and a way to fix a budget impasse - in what might be the session's waning days. Cassie Gavin warns that there may be more to...

The battle over North Carolina's budget began in earnest this week as Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the legislative spending plan and sent it back to state lawmakers. Meanwhile, Cassie Gavin writes, environmental bills continued to make their way through...

As budget negotiators focus on their job behind closed doors, other members of the General Assembly try to cram in as much action as possible on priority bills before the session ends - whenever that may be, writes Cassie Gavin.

The state Senate this evening passed a measure meant to support North Carolina's farmers, but with giveaways to industrial hog operations that endanger the environment and public health. Senate Bill 315, the Farm Act, contains a section that would...

Cassie Gavin tells how the Senate hurried along several environmentally harmful bills this week, as budget negotiators do their work behind closed doors. The negotiations seem to have opened up space for more committee work, Gavin writes.