Today @NCCapitol (March 2, 2015): Monday night sessions return

The House will be handling a bill that provides funds for the Coal Ash Management Commission and the Academic Standards Review Commission, as well as takes money from the Department of Public Instruction and gives it to the Rules Review Commission. That latter part of the measure was prompted by a lawsuit the state's public education agency brought against the RRC seeking to have its policies exempt from the commission's review.

The state Senate will be voting on a package of technical tax law changes. Senators will also attempt to speed up the pace of the legislative session by moving the crossover deadline forward on the calendar to April 30, a week earlier than had been set. The crossover deadline is the point at which all money-spending bills must pass from one chamber to the other if they are to be eligible for consideration under regular order. Although the crossover date is meant to keep the legislative session from running all year, there are a number of tried-and-true methods legislators regularly employ to circumvent the discipline imposed by the deadline.