State Lawmakers In Raleigh To Elect Chamber Leaders

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State Lawmakers In Raleigh To Elect Chamber Leaders

吉彩网网站 | By Jessica Jones

Published January 13, 2015 at 4:10 PM EST

NC Legislature — Leslie Maynor Locklear, left, talks about losing her two sons to opioid overdoses. She joined Republican senators at a news conference on a bill with stricter criminal penalties for opioid dealers.

State lawmakers will be back in Raleigh Wednesday for a one-day organizational session. The most important task at hand for legislators is to formally elect the heads of the state House and Senate. And there shouldn't be any surprises.

The previous session's President Pro Tem of the Senate, Republican Phil Berger of Eden, is expected to be re-elected easily. He's scheduled to hold a news conference later in the morning.

In the state House, Representative Tim Moore of Kings Mountain is expected to be elected Speaker for the first time. The previous Speaker of the House, Republican Thom Tillis, is now representing North Carolina as a U.S. Senator, after defeating Democrat Kay Hagan in November.

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Jessica Jones covers both the legislature in Raleigh and politics across the state. Before her current assignment, Jessica was given the responsibility to open up 吉彩网网站's first Greensboro Bureau at the Triad Stage in 2009. She's a seasoned public radio reporter who's covered everything from education to immigration, and she's a regular contributor to NPR's news programs. Jessica started her career in journalism in Egypt, where she freelanced for international print and radio outlets. After stints in Washington, D.C. with Voice of America and NPR, Jessica joined the staff of 吉彩网网站 in 1999. She is a graduate of Yale University.

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