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Longtime House lawmaker Robert Brawley, R-Iredell, handed back his Finance gavel Wednesday afternoon with a blistering public letter against House Speaker Thom Tillis.
The state Department of Health and Human Services has failed to perform adequate tests on a new Medicaid computer system set to go live July 1, according to a state audit released Wednesday.
House lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday on a bill that would dissolve the lease for the Dorothea Dix property but offer the City of Raleigh concessions for not fighting a rewrite of the deal.
The Senate will likely give tentative approval to a $20.6 billion budget that contains $57.4 million in new government fees. Meanwhile, the House Judiciary Committee is set to consider a bill that would alter the lease for the Dorothea Dix property with the City of Raleigh.
The Department of Transportation would be able to add toll lanes to existing highways as long as some lanes stayed free under a bill that cleared the House Tuesday.
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