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The state Senate’s budget includes a plan to give the legislature more power to pick judges.
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Cooper, a Democrat, released his budget proposal in March. The Republican-led House passed its budget in April. The Senate’s vote this week kicked off weeks of closed-door budget negotiations between House and Senate leaders.
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North Carolina has been one of a handful of states that haven’t expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
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As the new legislative session begins, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expect healthy debate about Medicaid expansion, mental health care, abortion and other issues.
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House Republicans stirred up partisan controversy by adopting a rule that could make it easier to override vetoes by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
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North Carolina Republicans enjoyed their own little red wave while the GOP faltered elsewhere in the 2022 midterms.
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The Senate Republican Caucus on Monday elected Sen. Paul Newton of Cabarrus County to the post. Newton succeeds Sen. Kathy Harrington, who didn't seek reelection this fall to her Gaston County seat. The caucus also agreed to nominate Phil Berger to a seventh term as president pro tempore when the session convenes in January.
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North Carolina Republicans came within one seat of gaining a supermajority in the North Carolina General Assembly. On Tuesday night, the state GOP did gain a supermajority in the North Carolina Senate.
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Efforts to exempt North Carolina residents from state income tax on the value of student loan forgiveness announced by President Joe Biden has taken a hit given that state Senate leader Phil Berger opposes the idea.
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The measure adjusts the second year of a two-year budget already in place and reflects expectations that state coffers will take in $6.2 billion more than anticipated. It's unclear whether Cooper will accept or veto the legislation.