A budget bill may take a little longer than planned. Rep. Harold Brubaker, R-Randolph, the chief budget writer in the House, said Wednesday that plans to try to roll out a House budget bill by next week have been put on hold.
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- Wilmington 10 seek pardons from outgoing NC gov
- List of contest NC races
- Correction: Obit-Chuck Brown story
- Army replaces 1st female head of drill sgt school
- NC prosecutors learn to fight Racial Justice Act
- Bluegrass awards show moving to Raleigh
- Prosecutors give closing argument in Edwards trial
- Developer: Pols can't keep approving new casinos
- Buffett's Berkshire to buy Media General papers
- TVA says lack of spring rains has reservoirs low
- Boomers' love of pets could change as both age
- NC speaker OKs payments to resigning staffers
- 14 NC candidates request primary runoffs
- Charlotte seeks AG ruling on amendment, benefits
- SC GOP volunteers head north to NC help party
- Murder charge may be dropped in Greensboro killing
- 1 dead, 1 wounded in Martin County shooting
- 14 students suffer minor burns on school bus
- Alligator bites worker trying to capture it
- VA governor next GOP exec stumping NC for McCrory
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"The speaker is always talking about how every dollar should be saved."
Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake, on a decision by House Speaker Thom Tillis to pay two top staffers who resigned recently an extra month of salary.
THE NEWS & OBSERVER, 5/17/12
Medicaid Shortfall
The Senate has approved legislation designed to a close cost overruns in the state Medicaid program that could exceed $200 million.
Cherokee Gaming
North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday began weighing whether to allow live-dealer card games at the state's only casino rather than the video machines that are now offered.
Annexation Bills
The state Senate moved quickly after returning to the capital for the legislature's new session on Wednesday to advance bills that would undo Fayetteville's recent annexation of the Gates Four neighborhood and revise state annexation law to satisfy a judge.
Tillis Staffers
State House Speaker Thom Tillis authorized payments equal to a month's salary for two high-level staffers after they resigned because of inappropriate relationships with lobbyists.
Thomas Firm
The former chief of staff to House Speaker Thom Tillis is launching a government relations firm that promises "access to the best lobbyists in the industry."
Eugenics Bill
Victims of North Carolina's decades-long forced sterilization program would receive $50,000 each under a bill filed Wednesday that would make the state the first to compensate people who lost their child-bearing abilities under the once-common practice.
Guilford Lines
A bill to "remedy infirmities" found by a court in a law re-drawing the district lines for Guilford County commissioner elections has passed the Senate and is headed to the House.
Fracking Approaches
The state's prospects for fracking gained speed Wednesday with the advance of a bill that would legalize the natural gas drilling method within two years.
Prison TV
The House Rules committee voted Wednesday to introduce a committee bill that would ban inmates on death row from watching television.
Car Inspections
Remember that proposal from House Republicans to stop making new-car owners get safety and emissions inspections until the cars were more than three years old? Forget it.
CMS Pressure
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board chair Ericka Ellis-Stewart said Wednesday that she's thankful for the proposed $9.1 million increase in county support for schools, but added that it does not meet the needs of the school district.
Ballantine Return
Patrick Ballantine, a former GOP candidate for governor, has returned to Raleigh as a lobbyist.
Tight Race
A recount is likely in the N.C. House race between prominent Waynesville Democrats Danny Davis and Joe Sam Queen.
Public Hearing
State regulators held a public hearing today on Mission Hospital's plan to locate an endoscopy unit at its planned medical campus in Fletcher.
Presidential Polling
The presidential campaign in North Carolina is a dead heat, according to a new survey.
NCAE Dues
A trial court judge has blocked from taking effect a state law preventing members of the North Carolina Association of Educators from having their dues removed automatically from paychecks until a lawsuit is heard.
Taft Murder
The man accused in the death of a state Board of Education member suffered from a number of mental illnesses that made it impossible for him to form the intent to commit first-degree murder, his attorney said Wednesday.
Domestic Benefits
The Charlotte City Council appeared concerned with offering benefits to same-sex partners during a budget meeting Wednesday, voting 9-2 to seek an opinion from the N.C. Attorney General as to whether that would be legal after the passage of Amendment One.
Rate Break
Duke Energy has asked for state approval to offer its largest industrial and commercial customers in North Carolina a one-year, 6 percent rate reduction at a shareholder expense of about $13 million.
Hospitalized
University of North Carolina President Emeritus William Friday remained in critical condition at UNC Hospitals.