Under the bill, if a person is arrested for protesting while masked, it would elevate the classification of a person’s crime.
The first version of the bill banned all mask-wearing in public. Lawmakers said it was to crack down on criminals who wear masks to conceal their identities.
North Carolina Republican lawmakers have reached a compromise on a bill that would have removed protections for people who ...
Republicans in the state House and Senate agreed to revised legislation around mask-wearing, according to WRAL. The ...
Recently, the North Carolina state senate passed a bill that would ban wearing medical masks in public in the state, even for ...
The first time it passed the Senate it banned masks for medical reasons, reversing the legalization of medical mask wearing ...
Speaker Tim Moore announced the compromise had been reached and said the bill could be ready for a vote later on Thursday ...
The bills imposing rollbacks on mask-wearing and juvenile court placement — H.B. 237 and H.B. 834, respectively — sparked ...
It’s time now for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. A bill in the North Carolina General Assembly would limit the ...
The state legislature on Thursday reached an agreement on public masking exemptions ... and freedom that we were taught to ...
An X user said that the bill “has specific carve outs for entities like the KKK to continue wearing hoods in public.” ...
North Carolina lawmakers squabbled Thursday over a late addition to legislation resolved by a conference committee from both ...