Today @NCCapitol (June 15): Senate budget watch

Senate leaders are scheduled to unveil their budget plans Monday. Leaders say they hope to take a final vote on their proposal, which is expected to differ markedly from the House proposal, by the end of the week.

Posted 9:00 a.m. Jun 15, 2015 — Updated 10:11 a.m. Jun 15, 2015

Laura Leslie

RALEIGH, N.C. — Good morning and welcome to Today @NCCapitol for Monday, June 15. Here's what's going on at the General Assembly and around state government.

SENATE: Senate leaders are scheduled to unveil their budget plans Monday. A news conference on the proposal is expected early Monday afternoon, followed by presentations in budget subcommittees at 4 p.m. Leaders say they hope to take a final vote on their proposal, which is expected to differ markedly from the House proposal, by the end of the week.

The Senate budget is expected to include the chamber's proposal to overhaul the state's Medicaid system.

WRAL.com will livestream the Senate Health and Human Services budget subcommittee meeting at 4 p.m.

At its 7 p.m. session, the Senate is scheduled to vote on a bill requiring moped drivers to carry insurance and another bill that would allow terminally ill patients to try experimental treatments that haven't yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

WRAL.com will livestream the Senate session beginning at 7 p.m.

HOUSE: The House convenes at 7 p.m. One bill on the calendar would protect North Carolina-based companies from "unconstitutional foreign judgments."

PIRATES: WRAL News' Tyler Dukes took a look over the weekend at the search for sunken treasure off North Carolina's coast and the fight over who owns it.

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