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Today@NCCapitol (Sep. 21): Bonds, economic development on agenda

As lawmakers are scheduled to take up a $2 billion bond package to help improve roads and other state infrastructure, a second state senator says he will get into the attorney general's race.

Posted 2015-09-20T23:39:16+00:00 - Updated 2015-09-21T11:09:27+00:00

This is an image of the North Carolina state flag flying in downtown Raleigh.

Mark Binker

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Laura Leslie

Good morning and welcome to Today@NCCapitol for Monday, Sept. 21. Here's what's going on at the General Assembly and around state government.

HOUSE: The state House meets at 10 a.m. No votes are scheduled.

BONDS: The Senate Finance Committee will take up a long-anticipated bond package at 4 p.m.. The House has already passed its own version of a bonds bill this summer.

AG: State Sen. Josh Stein, D-Wake, will formally announce he is running for attorney general after previewing his announcement on Sunday. State Sen. Buck Newton, R-Wilson, is running for the Republican nomination.

SENATE: The state Senate meets at 7 p.m. It is scheduled to take up a package of economic development incentives as well as a measure redefining an "expert" for the purposes of signing off on sexual education curriculum for public schools.

MCCRORY: Gov. Pat McCrory makes an economic development announcement in Kinston at 2 p.m.