North Carolina General Assembly

And the time I'm actually thinking of, briefly and then I'll zip it, is 1994, 'cause the Democrats had power of both chambers.

And I, I remember when I was a legislative reporter, there were very smart Republican strategists who said to me, "Oh, Republicans would've taken back both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly had they only run candidates in every district," which I thought was really a fas- I, I just thought that was fascinating.

You had a thought, Bryan Anderson.

Yeah.

on North Carolina.

Well, the North Carolina General Assembly hasn't.

They voted this week, the Republican-controlled North Carolina General Assembly, to suspend the North Carolina gas tax.

for

a month.

She says...

That's because it's going to blow up in the Republican NCGA's North Carolina General Assembly's faces.

So the Democrats are supporting this.

Stein signed it and Stein used it at Ager's farm for a campaign event for Ager because this is going to blow up in the GOP's faces.

too.

Moving on to state updates, the North Carolina General Assembly will convene tomorrow in Raleigh this week.

Yesterday, a joint proclamation was released by both chambers announcing that the first extra session of 2026 will take place tomorrow.

uh they'll start convening at 12 noon and so the basis around this is they're going to meet to consider legislation necessary to provide north carolinians of state tax relief on gas and diesel fuel we'll include the link to the calendars as well as the ability to listen in on session and different press conferences tomorrow and the call notes different folks are kind of questioning what what routes they can take and whether this is something that really is to kind of draw attention since the election is so close.

Voters who missed that cutoff can still register and vote during the early voting period, which runs October 15th through October 31st, but they must attest to their eligibility, show proof of residence, and present an acceptable photo ID.

This year's midterm ballot includes major races, one U.S. Senate seat, all 14 U.S. House seats, one North Carolina Supreme Court seat, three Court of Appeals seats, and every seat in the North Carolina General Assembly.

To check your voter registration and view your sample ballots, visit the voter search tool at vtncsbe.gov. That's vtncsbe.gov. WFAE reports North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has joined a bipartisan group of 45 attorneys general urging Congress to fully fund the U.S. Supreme Court security request for fiscal year 2027.

The coalition says threats against justices have sharply increased and federal officials report serious security incidents involving judges rose 57% in the 2025 fiscal year.

All new tonight, the push to ease the pain at the pump.

High gas prices fueling a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly.

We're talking with drivers tonight hoping to see some relief at the pump.

And a North Carolina SBI agent is recovering tonight after being shot while on the job.

House? Well, you know, when I made that decision, and I'll preface this with the fact that I think it's absolutely crazy if anybody wants to be in politics forever, right? I looked at this and my political career would have, as we're kind of approaching the end of 2026, would be about six years.

Served the city of Oxford and then the North Carolina General Assembly.

I had a great opportunity knowing that Terrence Everett would be representing the district as senator and had a great friend and colleague who is a current commissioner for the city of Oxford and Curtis McCray being able to step in.

He just retired as a warden at the Butler Federal Correction Facility.

But then, in December 2023...

The SBI left the Department of Public Safety and became an independent cabinet-level agency under the direction of the North Carolina General Assembly.

Mm-hmm.

So no baby Jesus involvement.

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North Carolina State Legislature.

There's a total rock star, this woman, Sydney Batch, who's the Democratic leader-

Yeah, yeah

Yeah.

And then if they, if they break the super majority, um, in the Senate, in the Nor- in the state legislature that, you know, that...

The North Carolina state legislature is just sort of legendary in holding power back from, from-

Oh, they make Florida-