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- The N.C. House voted 93-20 — with from some Democrats — on Wednesday to approve a budget that delays income tax cuts while providing modest raises for state workers and increasing starting teacher pay.
- GatorWise is a website that’s live in 11 southeastern states, including North Carolina. The site was launched by biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
- Western North Carolina suffered around $60 billion in damage from the deadly storm.
- Recovery after Helene has highlighted NC system of state care for roads, excluding counties completely. Most states don’t do it that way.
- Sports gambling brought in $128 million in taxes the first year it was legal in North Carolina. Here's what the House and Senate budgets say about where that money goes.
- The state House’s budget bill would delay scheduled income tax cuts while giving state employees and teachers larger raises than the Senate is proposing.
- military and overseas voter must now provide photo ID to have their absentee ballots counted in races for state office
- The Environmental Protection Agency announced the award to the town of North Wilkesboro Friday, one of 23 projects selected for brownfield cleanup in the southeast.
- Whether you're a seasoned musician or you've never touched an instrument in your life, BOOM Club, short for Building Our Own Music, is a space to both create, learn and even record yourself. Throughout their American Tobacco Campus residency, BOOM Club will also be offering workshops and performances from both local and nationally known artists.
- While the legal battle over last year’s N.C. Supreme Court election is now settled, it’s not the last unresolved election contest remaining in North Carolina. A legal dispute over the 2023 election for mayor of the Robeson County town of Pembroke is still dragging on.
- A public hearing held at the airport in January featured more than 40 speakers, all of whom lambasted the proposed development.
- The Senate's proposal would cut millions of dollars of funding for need-based students.