Source: WRAL, 8/20/19

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper says Republican lawmakers need to meet with him to end a budget stalemate and give North Carolina public school teachers and staff better raises than what the GOP offered in the spending bill he vetoed. Cooper met with some teachers, a principal and other education workers during a roundtable discussion at the Executive Mansion on Tuesday. It was the latest event Cooper has held to try to persuade GOP lawmakers to negotiate a final two-year budget.

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