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As North Carolinas General Assembly debates a major gambling expansion, rural county residents had hoped to stop a casino companys rezoning request.

As North Carolina's General Assembly debates a major gambling expansion, rural county residents had hoped to stop a casino company's rezoning request.

Republican legislative leaders dont believe the business community will react to new laws governing transgender people the same way they did in 2016.

After a month-long hiatus, North Carolina state lawmakers are heading back to Raleigh this week. Even though a budget deal remains elusive, theyre expected to take up veto override votes.

Medicaid expansion would give health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians, boosting the economy by billions of dollars per year. But its delayed from beginning, due to stalled state budget talks.

A behind-the-scenes battle is emerging as lawmakers quietly consider legalizing commercial casinos in North Carolina has emerged. As gaming companies hire big-name lobbyists and secure land, dark money and local groups are opposing the effort.

Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 -- Last March, Gov. Roy Cooper, with state legislative leaders beaming beside him, signed the bill expanding Medicaid with the expectation that it would become effective no later than early July. It now seems possible that Medicaid expansion might not happen, if at all, before December. This is an unacceptable delay and the legislature can easily act quickly to take care of it.

Massive votes to set school policies, tax rates, state employee salaries -- and maybe authorize new casinos -- await as the General Assembly looks to wrap up the legislative session.

Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

Republican legislative leaders say budget negotiations are expected to continue for weeks to come. Casino legalization, tax cuts, teacher pay raises and other priorities are all being debated as state lawmakers finalize a roughly $30 billion budget.