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  FAST FACTS Name: Joyce Waddell District: 40 (Mecklenburg) In office since: 2015 Key Committees: Appropriations on Health and Human Services, Education/Higher Education, Finance, Pensions and Retirement and Aging Prior office: Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board FEATURED BILL: Funds/Est. Black Women & Girls Task Force Nationwide and in North Carolina, there are major disparities in maternal health, education, and more for Black women and […]

FAST FACTS Name: Evelyn Terry District: 71 (Forsyth) In office since: 2013 Key Committees: Appropriations, Health and Human Services; Commerce; Education – Universities; Environment Prior office: Winston-Salem City Council FEATURED BILL: Repeal 2015 Law Relating to Monuments In 2015, the Republican-led NCGA passed a bill, signed into law by then-Governor Pat McCrory, forbidding the removal of monuments on public property with very limited […]

FAST FACTS Name: Becky Carney District: 102 (Mecklenburg) In office since: 2003 Key Committees: Banking, Education – Universities, Energy and Public Utilities, Ethics, Finance, Health, Redistricting, Transportation Prior occupation: County Commissioner FEATURED BILL: Women’s Cancer Research & Prevention Task Force According to the UNC Center for Women’s Health Research 2020 North Carolina Women’s Health Report Card, cancer, more than any other […]

FAST FACTS Name: Carolyn Logan District: 101 (Mecklenburg) In office since: 2019 Key Committees: Appropriations; Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs; Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs; State Personnel Prior career: NC Highway Patrol Sergeant FEATURED BILL: NC Healthy Pregnancy Act 85% of women in the US will be pregnant and employed simultaneously over the course of our lives. But in […]

FAST FACTS Name: Rosa Gill District: 33 (Wake) In office since: 2009 Key Committees: Appropriations; Appropriations – Education; Education (K-12); Insurance; Judiciary 1; Pensions & Retirement Prior career: Educator FEATURED BILL: FREE BREAKFAST & LUNCH IN PUB. SCH. UNITS Providing free, healthy school meals for all helps reduce childhood hunger, enhance academic achievement, and end the stigma created by means-tested programs.  That’s why Rep. Gill, […]

FAST FACTS Name: Gale Adcock District: 41 (Wake) In office since: 2015 Key Committees: Appropriations; Appropriations – Health & Human Services; Commerce; Health; Regulatory Reform; Rules, Calendar, & Operations of the House Previous career: Family nurse practitioner FEATURED BILL: ADD SCHOOL NURSES FOR HEALTHIER STUDENTS More than half of school nurses in North Carolina serve at least two schools at a time, […]

FAST FACTS Name: Mary Belk District: 88 (Mecklenburg) In office since: 2017 Key Committees: Appropriations; Appropriations – Transportation; Judiciary 4; Regulatory Reform; Transportation Prior career: Business owner FEATURED BILL: BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING PARIT Every year, more than 200,000 cases of invasive breast cancer are diagnosed in women nationwide. In order to help with the cost […]

FAST FACTS Name: Carla Cunningham District: 106 (Mecklenburg) In office since: 2013 Key Committees: Appropriations; Appropriations – Health & Human Services; Commerce; Energy & Public Utilities; Health; Local Gov’t (Land Use, Planning, & Development); Rules, Calendar, & Operations of the House; Wildlife Resources Previous career: Hospice nurse FEATURED BILL: EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK The gender […]