Gov. Stein urges NC lawmakers to pass budget nearly one month after it's due

WS/FCS asks state lawmakers for financial help, likely to make more budget cuts

With just more than two weeks until the start of school year, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools leaders came together to discuss the budget, a request for state lawmakers and their search for a permanent superintendent.

NC Senate passes mini-budget on busy legislative Tuesday

Lawmakers had a July 1 deadline to put a budget on Gov. Josh Stein's desk.

NC lawmakers reach deal on 'mini budget' plan to fund some basic state functions

Public schools, universities and the State Health Plan could see efforts by the state legislature to keep them funded, even as lawmakers have failed to reach agreements on a full state budget plan.

Gov. Stein urges NC lawmakers to pass budget nearly one month after it's due

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - State lawmakers returned to Raleigh on Tuesday to begin work on overriding bills vetoed by Governor Josh Stein. The governor urged them to instead focus on approving a state budget. "It is past time for this General Assembly to pass a budget that puts the people of North Carolina first," Gov. Stein said. Gov. Stein's 2025-2027 proposed budget contained $68 million worth of spending. The House and Senate approved their own …

As General Assembly overrides vetoes, Stein calls on legislators to instead pass budget

As the General Assembly reconvened in Raleigh Tuesday morning to override 14 of his vetoes, Democratic Gov. Josh Stein held a press conference, saying the legislature should be focused on passing a budget, not on the vetoes, which he said are a “distraction that divides us.” “The General Assembly, by focusing on divisive bills that do not move the state forward, and in some instances make our state less safe, like allowing teenagers to carry con…

Push reset button on N.C. state budget

North Carolina is in a mess. It was an entirely predictable mess. Indeed, I and others have been predicting it for more than two years. But former Gov. Roy Cooper, coming soon to a U.S. Senate race near you, and…