Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, The Raleigh News and Observer – Four months into the new fiscal year, North Carolina’s most powerful elected officials finally sat down to meet and discuss the state budget in person. A compromise budget could be passed as soon as next week, House Speaker Tim Moore said. The budget would allocate billions of dollars in taxpayer money for raises, education, tax cuts and capital projects.

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