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After months of negotiations between House and Senate Republicans, the legislature has finally released its budget agreement on Wednesday afternoon.

Some business leaders question including a $500 million fund for innovation in state budget.

State lawmakers are supposed to pass a budget by July, but debates between Republican leaders are dragging into the fall, affecting schools.

A disagreement over new casinos is leading to more delays for North Carolina’s overdue state budget.

Cooper met with elected officials and physicians in Martin, Richmond and Yadkin counties to attempt to build pressure upon Republican legislation to hustle on a budget agreement. Right now, an enacted budget law is what's blocking coverage to an estimated 600,000 low-income adults.

State lawmakers say they’ve made progress this week on a budget agreement. But they’ve postponed votes on veto overrides and other issues for another week.

The newest state historic site will spotlight the role of free Black residents in North Carolina during slavery. State government will soon run the house in the Caswell County town of Milton where Thomas Day built a famed furniture business.

Secretary of State Elaine Marshall says her department needs more funding to handle an increase in business filings.

The superintendent of Wake County Schools has shared a budget proposal that would require a 9% increase in county funding to pay for school employee raises and other school improvements.

Perusse served as budget director for two other Democratic governors in Mike Easley and Beverly Perdue from late 2008 to early 2011. His top job is carrying out the annual state budget of $27.9 billion and other spending directives approved by the legislature.