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North Carolina Association of Regional Councils of Governments logo. The North Carolina Councils of Government (or the Regional Councils of Government) are voluntary associations of county and municipal governments, established by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1972 that serve as an avenue for local governments across North Carolina to discuss issues that are particular to their region.
This General Assembly ceded the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to the U.S. Government as part of North Carolina's national debt. This assembly elected the first two U.S. senators from North Carolina and established a process for the people to elect five members to the U.S. House of Representatives in early 1790.
The legislature derives its authority from Article II of the North Carolina Constitution. [11] The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature. Like all other states except for Nebraska, the legislature is bicameral, currently consisting of the 120-member North Carolina House of Representatives [12] and the 50-member North Carolina ...
The North Carolina Cabinet is the group of unelected heads of the executive departments of the Government of North Carolina. It is separate and distinct from the North Carolina Council of State , the members of which are elected statewide, and which makes up the rest of the executive leadership of the government.
Calendars, if officials keep them, can provide valuable insight into the daily workings of state government, Brooks Fuller, who leads the N.C. Open Government Coalition, said in 2022.
The body has its origin in the British colonial government of North Carolina. Under North Carolina's first constitution as a U.S. state, the Council of State comprised seven persons elected by the North Carolina General Assembly to advise the governor. The 1868 constitution redefined the Council of State as the secretary of state, state ...
The North Carolina General Assembly 2019–20 session was the state legislature that first convened in January 2019 and concluded in December 2020. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected in November 2018.
The boards of trustees at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University are about to get bigger.. Because of a provision in state Senate Bill 512, which became law earlier this month despite Gov. Roy ...