North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's budget proposes teacher raises averaging 18% and reducing unemployment insurance taxes.
Some Assembly Required is Axios Raleigh's weekly column from political reporter Lucille Sherman, unpacking developments inside the N.C. General Assembly.
It's been a week. In addition to Medicaid expansion, lawmakers advanced opioids legislation, looser gun laws, mobile sports betting legalization, and a bill outlining penalties for an attack on a power grid, prompted by Moore County's grid outage in December.ICYMI, last week Republican legislative leaders agreed to spend 6.5% more in the 2023-2024 fiscal year as part of the budget package — one of the most significant negotiations every year.
House Republicans are targeting 37 congressional seats to flip. Among them are those occupied by Reps. Wiley Nickel, Don Davis and Jeff Jackson. Worth noting: Their districts will likely change after the state legislature redraws congressional districts later this year.
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