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STATE LEGISLATURE

NC lawmakers return to Raleigh vowing to work together, but with an uncertain road ahead

The North Carolina General Assembly opened its new year with suggestions of bipartisan cooperation, even as they return to the site of several contentious debates. Republicans have lost their supermajority in the NC House, so will that sense of working together last or just fade into the din? Here's what you need to know.

Lawmakers return
STATE LEGISLATURE - Cardinal & Pine

18 months after Helene, this western NC lawmaker is still fighting for funding to rebuild

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Western North Carolina has received less than 20% of the $60 billion needed to recover from Hurricane Helene.
Gov. Josh Stein urges review of data center tax breaks as cost to NC residents rise

Gov. Josh Stein urges review of data center tax breaks as cost to NC residents rise

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Right now, North Carolina provides big tax breaks to data centers. As they proliferate across NC, Gov. Josh Stein says the state should revisit the issue.  
North Carolina Senate leader, conservative architect Phil Berger concedes primary loss

North Carolina’s most powerful leader, Phil Berger, concedes primary loss

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North Carolina's most influential politician, Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, conceded the primary race for his seat to Sam Page on Tuesday.
STATE LEGISLATURE - Cardinal & Pine

NC Democratic primary challenger has history of racist remarks, lawmaker says

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Michael Wray, a former 10-term state Representative running for his old seat in 2026, faces claims that he once told a fellow lawmaker to “watch out for the Blacks.” 
STATE LEGISLATURE - Cardinal & Pine

NC Republicans face criticism from the right as they slap each other over a stalled budget

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Republicans control both chambers of the NC legislature, but have failed to pass a budget 6 months after it was due. Even conservatives are losing their patience.  As a winter storm shut down schools across the Triangle this week, Republican leaders in the General Assembly were still bickering over the state budget that was due […]
NC gerrymandering

Federal judges uphold several North Carolina US House districts drawn by Republicans

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Federal judges will allow some of North Carolina state lawmakers' gerrymandered US House districts to go on, but this year's Trump-endorsed redrawing of a Black voting district is still up in the air.