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• 2 NC Lawmakers Approved $319 Million for Medicaid in April 2026; October 2025 Provider Rate Cuts and GLP-1 Cutoff Were Reversed in December 2025
• 4 North Carolina Legislature Adjourns Until After November Election, Having Enacted 54 Laws in the 2026 Session
• 4 N.C. House Puts Off Vote on Senate-Passed Hemp THC Bill Until at Least November
• 3 N.C. Commerce Report Says State Labor Force Shrank 0.5% Over the Past Year
• 2 NC Senate Passes Budget Follow-Up Bill Adding Sports and Film Money, Shifting Some Appointment Powers
• 3 Raleigh Lifts Stage 1 Water Restrictions as Falls Lake Reaches 84% of Water Supply Pool
• 4 UNC-Chapel Hill Pauses Admissions to Four Graduate Degree Programs After Program Review
• 4 North Carolina Agriculture Officials Confirm First Yellow-Legged Hornet Detection, in Union County
• 4 NC Blue Ribbon Commission Begins Drafting Teacher Pay Recommendations, With a Vote Set for September 28
• 3 Raleigh Will End Stage 1 Water Limits Aug. 3; Durham Keeps Stage 2 Rules and Quarry Pumping
• 4 Man, 71, Killed by Falling Tree in North Raleigh; Duke Energy Reports More Than 40,000 Wake County Customers Needing Restoration
• 2 N.C. Senate Committee Advances Two Election Bills: Longer Ballot-Cure Window, Shorter Primary Early Voting
• 4 North Carolina Governor Opposes Reported ICE Plan to Reopen Winton Prison as 1,400-Bed Detention Center
• 3 North Carolina Supreme Court Sets September Arguments on Whether the Attorney General Can Sue Chemours and DuPont Over PFAS
• 3 North Carolina Lawmakers Return to Raleigh With Two Veto Overrides Pending