Published 1 year ago

Voting for long-delayed budget begins in NC legislature

Summary by CBS 17

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican-controlled General Assembly began voting Thursday for a long-delayed North Carolina budget that speeds up individual income tax cuts, broadens private-school scholarships to all K-12 children and initiates other right-leaning changes. If enacted the plan also would trigger Medicaid expansion coverage to hundreds of thousands of adults — a longstanding priority for Democrats led by Gov. Roy Cooper. NC Stat…

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