Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 4/6/17

Easing regulations on the environment, businesses and government is once again the intent of this year’s deregulation bill in the General Assembly, which the state House tentatively approved on Wednesday evening. Republicans in the legislature have made a regulations bill a priority in every session since they took control in 2011, except for last year when both chambers failed to agree on one. Most of that bill and some new provisions now comprise Senate Bill 131.

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