A newly enacted bipartisan state budget contains long-needed new investments for the state’s court system that judicial branch officials believe will help move the state and its judiciary forward.  Officials with the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts say that the ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina judge signaled Monday that he’s ready to formally demand legislators carry out a funding recipe to reduce public education inequities, saying he wouldn’t wait on a negotiated budget agreement between the governor and legislature ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Spending and policy adjustments made by Republicans to North Carolina’s state budget next year appears headed to becoming law despite Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto. The House scheduled an override vote June 12 on Cooper’s veto of the nearly ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the state budget bill June 6 for the second year in a row, blaming legislative Republicans for a spending plan he says doesn’t do enough for teacher pay, school safety and the ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The North Carolina General Assembly is making quick work of approving adjustments to the second year of the two-year state government budget. House and Senate Republicans reached an agreement on a nearly $24 billion plan more than a ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Gov. Roy Cooper’s $24.5 billion spending plan for the 2018-19 fiscal year was unveiled May 10. Unless otherwise noted, monetary figures are adjustments to what the legislature already budgeted for the year in the two-year spending plan approved ...

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State legislators moved swiftly to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the state’s budget, which will now go into effect July 1 and includes several major changes to the state’s judicial branch, including deep cuts to the state’s Department of ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Negotiations should begin in earnest now that the state House has formally rejected the Senate’s proposal to adjust the North Carolina government budget for next year. The House voted unanimously Wednesday not to support the $22.2 billion ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina House Republicans are seeking another show of bipartisan support for their budget adjustments before leaving Raleigh for the weekend. The House scheduled more debate Thursday before the second of two required votes on the $22.2 ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — House Republicans have ready what’s usually considered the most important bill of the North Carolina legislature’s annual work session — the budget. The chamber’s GOP leaders rolled out late Monday a $22.2 billion plan to adjust ...

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