Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 5/30/18

 The state's new $24 billion budget cleared its first floor vote of the session Wednesday, speeding toward final passage as Republicans and Democrats largely divided on the plan look toward November's general elections. The vote, the first of two the Senate will take on the budget, was 36-14. Sen.  Don Davis, D-Pitt, was the lone Democrat to cross the aisle to vote for a plan crafted by...

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