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State forecasts $1.4 billion budget surplus

The North Carolina General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division projects that while inflation and interest rates are still up, the state will have $400 million over in collections in the current fiscal year and $1 billion additional revenue coming into the state coffers in FY 2024-25.

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New CJ poll shows NC races for president, governor tightening

Forty-three percent of voters said they would vote for former President Donald Trump, compared to 39% support for sitting President Joe Biden. That’s about a one percentage point drop from last month’s poll. Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has the support of 7% of voters.

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Trump leading Biden in 6 swing states, including NC

According to a fresh presidential poll from Wall Street Journal, Republican former president Donald Trump is leading Democrat President Joe Biden in six of seven swing states deemed critical to victory in the 2024 general election. Conducted March 17-24, surveyors polled 600 registered voters each in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and North Carolina....

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VP Harris back in NC this week

Vice President Kamala Harris will be visiting Charlotte Thursday, marking her fourth visit to the Tar Heel State this year. While Harris will give remarks about the Biden administration’s handled the “climate crisis” and “environmental justice,” according to a media advisory from the White House. She will also be coronating a new campaign office in...

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Trailing in the NC polls, Biden and Harris return to Raleigh

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were in Wake County to deliver speeches with Gov. Roy Cooper, a fellow Democrat, on healthcare costs. The visit comes during the week of the 14th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act under the Obama administration.

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