NC Governor Roy Cooper says he will veto the $23 billion state budget that lawmakers passed last week The Democratic governor said the $23 billion budget agreement “doesn’t come close” to what he envisioned, and criticized what he called “dishonest budget gimmicks” during a Monday morning news conference at the Governor’s Mansion. The two-year […]

It didn’t take long for the NC Senate to vote to cancel Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of a marriage bill. The Senate voted 32-16 – enough to override the governors veto of a bill that would allow some court officials in NC the right to refuse to perform gay marriages because of their religious objections. […]