Senate leader Phil Berger has signaled he’s open to at least considering changes to a provision in Senate Bill 382 that bars cities and counties from downzoning land without the owner’s consent. “I’ve heard from a number of [Senate] members who have heard from constituents with some questions,” said Berger, R-Rockingham. “I have told members […]
Senate leader Phil Berger says the future of Charlotte’s transportation system is an issue legislators have to settle in the upcoming long session of the General Assembly. “We need to figure out whether or not the discussions that are taking place in Charlotte about allowing them to have a vote on increasing the sales tax […]
Among current or recent Republican political operatives, the post-election buzzword of the month is … infrastructure. It’s the word folks like former Phil Berger aide Jim Blaine and former Dan Forest aide Andrew Dunn are using to explain the GOP’s 5-5 showing in this year’s Council of State races. This of course was headlined by Republican […]
If North Carolina blows through its $4.75 billion rainy day fund dealing with Hurricane Helene’s aftermath, and if it then needs to restock it to the tune of $10 billion or more, that begs the question of where the money’s going to come from. It won’t come from a tax increase, Senate leader Phil Berger […]
Aid for the N.C. Department of Transportation’s road-restoration efforts in western North Carolina was conspicuous by its absence from the General Assembly’s $604.2 million second-round package of hurricane relief funding. That’s not because road-reconstruction needs are small, or that legislators are unaware of or unsympathetic to the need. To the contrary, DOT “related to us […]
Legislators on Thursday added another $604.2 million in disaster aid money to the state’s response to Hurricane Helene, to go with the $273 million they allotted to the cause earlier this month. The new package cleared the Senate on a 46-0 vote and the House on a 108-0 vote. At least on the Senate side, […]
Sen. Berger’s post-session gaggle with reporters on Monday also provided the first opportunity for me to ask him about what he might’ve learned from his July trip to the Paris Summer Olympics. Not-long story much shorter: It’s a pain to get around the City of Lights, especially when there’s a big event like the Olympics […]
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