Three politically controversial new bills are now law, as the state Senate voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes Thursday following the House doing the same on Wednesday.
One bill would undo some of the juvenile justice reforms North Carolina implemented in 2019.
Another would allow billboard companies to cut down more trees on the side of the road, and would raise toll road late fees by as much as 50%.
The third is a wide-ranging bill that would change the rules for wearing face masks in public, enact new civil and criminal penalties targeting protesters, and change state campaign finance laws.
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