Mikie Sherrill: “This hearing will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare recess at any time.”

If you are an independent contractor today, you will be an independent contractor tomorrow.

I say this as a former federal prosecutor: these are the hallmarks of a secret police.

We’re doubling the number of new homes on state land. We’re investing tens of millions in affordable and workforce housing, and we’re getting shovels in the ground faster.

If there are areas where it has somehow swept people into its ambit who should not be there, then I am more than happy to work with the Legislature on specific carveouts for those groups.