Where Laws are Made
Based at the legislature during the 2013-2014 session of the North Carolina General Assembly, I broke up my newsletter editing duties by taking long walks with my camera. It proved to be a newsworthy few years that eventually drew photographers from around the world, but being there every day allowed me to settle in and attempt to document the ebb and flow of life in the building.
(Included here are the social media releases of the NCInsider newsletter. All rights belong to The News & Observer.)
RALEIGH, N.C. - House Asst. Sgt.-at-Arms Malachi McCullough stands before the North Carolina House of Representatives as protests begin to break out in the gallery on Dec. 15, 2016. The House was debating Republican-sponsored legislation that would strip certain powers from incoming Governor-elect Roy Cooper. The galleries were eventually cleared by police. (Clifton Dowell | NCInsider.com)
Legislative Day No. 1, 2013-2014 Session of the North Carolina Gneral Assembly.
Rep. Larry Hall, D-Durham, attends legislative briefing of the N.C. State Conference of the NAACP on Jan. 15, 2013, at the legislative Builind in Raleigh, North Carolina.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- On the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, the state chapter of the NAACP and other advocates for the poor gathered at the Legislative Building to urge lawmakers to make addressing poverty a priority in the coming General Assembly session, which begins Jan. 30. The Rev. William Barber, president of the N.C. State Conference of the NAACP, said poverty is a "moral, social and political crisis" that lawmakers can no longer ignore.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- On the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, the state chapter of the NAACP and other advocates for the poor gathered at the Legislative Building to urge lawmakers to make addressing poverty a priority in the coming General Assembly session, which begins Jan. 30. The Rev. William Barber, president of the N.C. State Conference of the NAACP, said poverty is a "moral, social and political crisis" that lawmakers can no longer ignore.
Author Tim Tyson (Blood Done Signed My Name) attends legislative briefing of the N.C. State Conference of the NAACP on Jan. 15, 2013, at the legislative Builind in Raleigh, North Carolina.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- On the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, the state chapter of the NAACP and other advocates for the poor gathered at the Legislative Building to urge lawmakers to make addressing poverty a priority in the coming General Assembly session, which begins Jan. 30. The Rev. William Barber, president of the N.C. State Conference of the NAACP, said poverty is a "moral, social and political crisis" that lawmakers can no longer ignore.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- On the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, the state chapter of the NAACP and other advocates for the poor gathered at the Legislative Building to urge lawmakers to make addressing poverty a priority in the coming General Assembly session, which begins Jan. 30. The Rev. William Barber, president of the N.C. State Conference of the NAACP, said poverty is a "moral, social and political crisis" that lawmakers can no longer ignore.
Legislative Week in Pictures: Jan. 28th-Feb. 1st.
Legislative Week in Pictures: Jan. 28th-Feb. 1st.
Legislative Week in Pictures: Jan. 28th-Feb. 1st.
Legislative Week in Pictures: Jan. 28th-Feb. 1st.
Legislative Week in Pictures: Jan. 28th-Feb. 1st.
Legislative Week in Pictures: Feb. 4th-Feb. 8th.
Legislative Week in Pictures: Feb. 4th-Feb. 8th.
Legislative Week in Pictures: Feb. 4th-Feb. 8th.
Legislative Week in Pictures: Feb. 4th-Feb. 8th.
Legislative Week in Pictures: Feb. 4th-Feb. 8th.
Legislative Week in Pictures: Feb. 4th-Feb. 8th.
Dr. Charles Van Der Horst of the UNC medical school takes questions about a bill to prevent North Carolina from expanding Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul.
Sen. Thom Goolsby, R-New Hanover, is interviewed following a committee meeting on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013.
Historic flags, including a Confederate Battle Flag, on display in the House Chamber of the North Carolina State Capitol during a session of the N.C. House on March 18, 2013. The legislature met in the 1840 building to commemorate the state's recovery of its copy of the Bill of Rights, which was removed by Union soldiers in 1865 at the close of the Civil War.
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Kim Genardo, communications director for Gov. Pat McCrory, receives petition calling for a special legislative session from N.C. NAACP president Rev. William Barber, center, and George Reed, of the N.C. Council of Churches, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013.
