NC Legislative Newsletter
February 3, 2023
The week of January 30 saw both the North Carolina House and Senate kick off committee work with bills moving through the legislative process. Bill filings will continue and floor votes are expected the week of February 6.
Issue Insights
NC Governor / General Assembly
- Governor Cooper Announces Five Recipients of Governor’s Educator Discovery Award (Press Release)
- North Carolina General Assembly lawmakers are starting a bipartisan HBCU Caucus to support historically Black colleges and universities (Raleigh News & Observer)
- Senate Resolution 32 has been filed appointing, nominating, and confirming Todd Ishee as Secretary of the Department of Adult Correction. (NCGA)
- Senate Joint Resolution 54 has been filed confirming Governor Roy Cooper’s reappointment of Katherine M.R. Bosken to the Office of Commissioner of Banks. (NCGA)
Appointments / Hirings / Retirements
- Gastonia interim police Chief Trent Conrad has been hired as the permanent head of the Police Department (WFAE)
- William Penn named Winston-Salem’s next police chief (Winston-Salem Journal)
- Chief Myhand, who has served as Hendersonville Police Chief for the past two years, was recently sworn in as the President of the North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police and the North Carolina FBI National Academy Associates (Hendersonville Times-Union)
- North Carolina Medicaid director Dave Richard to retire (AP News)
- Burney Jennings, executive chair and former CEO of the Biscuitville chain, is the new chair of the N.C. Restaurant and Lodging Association (Business North Carolina)
News Roundup
- Economic growth is slowing in North Carolina, NCSU index reveals (WRAL)
- VP Kamala Harris speaks in downtown Raleigh (Raleigh News & Observer)
- Hoke County Commissioner Baldwin dies, remembered for strong leadership (WNCN)
- Dick Ellis, a former North Carolina television news reporter and spokesperson for political campaigns and the state courts system, has died at age 78 (AP News)
- College basketball broadcaster Billy Packer dies at 82 (AP News)
- Civil Rights leader honored with historical marker in Union County (Richmond County Daily Journal)
- An earthquake hit the North Carolina mountains Saturday, USGS confirms (Raleigh News & Observer)
- Wake County wants to save its farmland. A new program makes conservation more viable for landowners (WUNC)
- Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous groundhog in the U.S., saw his shadow on Thursday, forecasting that it’s going to be a long, cold winter (Wall Street Journal)