A four-month stalemate over the North Carolina state budget may end if Senate Republicans get a little help from Democrats this week to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the bill. Senate GOP leaders have signaled an...
Read MoreA final showdown on the vetoed North Carolina state budget could come next week. Senate Republicans on Friday filed the parliamentary notice necessary to give them the option to bring up the vetoed budget for an override vote on...
Read MoreSkepticism grew on Wednesday that a massive change in administering North Carolina Medicaid’s program will start as scheduled early next year as a state budget stalemate continues and doctors and hospitals worry whether...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Republican legislators and Democrats led by Gov. Roy Cooper tried on Tuesday to bring renewed energy toward resolving a summer budget stalemate that’s drifted into fall. But their hoped-for outcomes remain...
Read MoreThe Democratic leader in the North Carolina House said Monday that Republican counterparts have misled him and the public on how an unexpected override vote on Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget bill veto came about earlier this...
Read MoreRepublicans in control of a nearly half-empty North Carolina House chamber on Wednesday held an unexpected vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the state budget bill, prompting accusations of trickery and deception...
Read MoreThe North Carolina General Assembly has sent four state employee and law enforcement pay bills to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk. The measures finalized on Wednesday with House votes are part of a Republican strategy to...
Read MoreFrustrated by a two-month budget impasse, North Carolina Republicans on Tuesday advanced narrowed tax and spending legislation that seeks to take away some bargaining chips from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The House and Senate...
Read MoreSix weeks into a budget stalemate, Republican House Speaker Tim Moore said Thursday he won’t stop trying to cobble together enough votes to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto, even as the governor’s fellow...
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A hard-won budget and debt deal easily cleared the Senate on Thursday, powered by President Donald...
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