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The state legislature is taking final votes Wednesday to put several constitutional amendments restricting tax rates on November's ballot. They passed the House thanks to support from two Charlotte legislators who recently left the Democratic Party.

A new bill filed Tuesday in the North Carolina House would expand protections for immigrant students in public schools.

A second Mecklenburg County state House member is leaving the Democratic Party after losing a reelection bid in the spring primary.

A stalled bill to require better insurance coverage for breast cancer screenings led to a campaign that helped oust North Carolina’s most powerful politician.

A Medicaid funding bill moving quickly through the North Carolina General Assembly with broad bipartisan support includes a provision raising concerns among advocates for immigrants.

Gov. Josh Stein has been calling for an additional $319 million to fund Medicaid for months. Now, legislative Republicans are set to provide it.

The recount involved ballots from three precincts across the district. Berger needed to gain two votes to trigger a full recount. He did not.

North Carolina’s government is on track for a 1%, $370 million revenue surplus this year, but the state will soon hit tax cut triggers that will result in decreasing annual revenue.

The proposal would ask voters to consider mandating that the General Assembly enact levy limits on local governments. It does not include any specifics about the level of those limits.

Two incumbent Democratic representatives in the N.C. House who drew the ire of their base by siding with Republicans in key votes lost their reelection bids on Tuesday.