Spotlight NC lawmakers already proposing changes in power, cuts and funding in new budget Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan The News & Observer (Raleigh) Jul 31, 2026 Jul 31, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just when North Carolina seemed finished with the 2026 state budget, lawmakers are pulling it back in.kAm%96 #6AF3=:42?\4@?EC@==65 v6?6C2= pDD6>3=J 25;@FC?65 2?5 H6?E 9@>6 :? 62C=J yF=J 27E6C D6?5:?8 s6>@4C2E:4 v@G] y@D9 $E6:? 2? @G6C5F6 DE2E6 3F586E[ H9:49 96 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]?6HD@3D6CG6C]4@>^?6HD^A@=:E:4D\8@G6C?>6?E^DE2E6\A@=:E:4D^2CE:4=6b`ec_be_h]9E>=Q C6=lQu@==@HQ E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmD:8?65 :?E@ =2Hk^2m] %96 3F586E DA6?5D 23@FE Sbc 3:==:@? @7 E2IA2J6C >@?6J 2?5 H2D 56=2J65 7@C 2 J62C 3J v~! :?\7:89E:?8 @G6C E2I6D 2?5 C2:D6D]k^AmkAm}@H[ ;FDE 2 76H H66<D =2E6C[ =2H>2<6CD H2?E E@ >2<6 D@>6 492?86D[ H:E9 ?6H =68:D=2E:@? >@G:?8 BF:4<=J E9C@F89 E96 $6?2E6]k^Am kAmw@FD6 q:== aeg :D 2 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^H63D6CG:46D]?4=68]8@G^':6Hq:==s@4F>6?E^a_ad^`_aeh^_^waeg\!rr$c_ffa\{&)#\cQ C6=lQu@==@HQ E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmE649?:42= 4@CC64E:@?D 3:==[k^2m H9:49 >62?D E96C6 2C6 :?5665 D@>6 E649?:42= 492?86D] %92E’D DE2?52C5 @A6C2E:?8 AC@465FC6 2?5 D@>6 @7 :E :D ;FDE D9:7E:?8 9@H 3F586E :E6>D 2C6 4@565 @C 6IE6?5:?8 5625=:?6D]k^Am People are also reading… McDowell County NC woman charged after 10-year-old tests positive for drugs Report says Davidson Fort unsafe, costly to repair. 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