Source: WUNC, 4/24/20


North Carolina Senate Republicans won't try any more to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's budget veto from last summer, the chamber's leader says, citing state government's precarious fiscal situation due to COVID-19. The GOP-controlled legislature had attempted for months to cull together enough votes to complete the override and approve its two-year spending plan despite Cooper's objections. But without veto-proof majorities, GOP leaders have needed help from Democrats.

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