Republicans begin to override Gov. Cooper's budget veto
RALEIGH — Republicans started to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of state budget adjustments for next year Thursday, again endorsing their bill despite Cooper’s critique that focused on education, taxes and parliamentary procedure.The state Senate voted 34-13 to enact the $23.9 billion spending plan, which alters the second year of the two-year budget approved in 2017. Cooper vetoed that budget bill, too, and GOP lawmakers overrode it.The same outcome is […]
