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NCGA Updates – July 2026
Dear Friends -   We have just wrapped up a 2-day session that will likely be our last until after the November election. Our adjournment resolution reserves one week a month that they can bring us back, but we don’t expect that to happen until mid-November.    We did some important things this week – we passed two …
Budget Week at the NCGA
Dear Friends - This week turned out to be budget week. We learned that on Monday night, saw the two budget documents, totaling over 1300 pages, on Tuesday late morning, and took our first vote about 24 hours later. If you’re thinking, “Wow, that’s fast! How can legislators possibly know everything in the budget?” you’re right: it is fast (although …
NCGA Updates – June 2026
Dear Friends - The legislative session has flown by with few fireworks since our first week when we saved the state’s Medicaid program.  We’ve passed some bills and a few have become law, but most are still caught up in negotiations or waiting games between the House and Senate. The big question, of course, is if or when …