Source: Laura Leslie, WRAL, 1/31/19

Cooperation and compromise is the name of the game in the General Assembly this year. Although Republicans still control the House and the Senate, they lost veto-proof majorities in both chambers following the November elections. That means, for the first time since 2012, the GOP will have to work with legislative Democrats and with the governor to get things done. Fourteen of the 50 senators are new this year, as are 250 of the 120 House members.

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