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Stein Weighs NC Budget Decision | Durham News
North Carolina’s Governor Josh Stein faces a high-stakes budget decision—six hundred pages of legislation with teacher raises up to eight percent and state worker hikes of three percent. Though a surprising number of Democrats backed the Republican-backed plan, Stein is taking his time reviewing the details before signing, vetoing, or letting it pass without his signature. With a veto override requiring a supermajority, Republicans are eyeing a potential political win, but Stein’s strategic patience could shift the outcome. Meanwhile, he signed two public safety bills: one toughening…
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