Is bipartisanship emerging in North Carolina?

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The North Carolina House passed a biennial budget with bipartisan support, including 27 Democratic votes.

Key differences between the House and Senate budgets include income tax cuts, state employee positions, and teacher pay raises.

A conference committee will reconcile the differences between the two budgets before a final version is voted on.

The author believes the House budget is more sensible and responsible, and hopes the bipartisan cooperation continues.

When was the last time both Republicans and Democrats voted to pass a state budget?

It happened last week when the N.C. House passed its two-year budget.

Twenty-seven Democrats voted with the Republican majority to pass the House biennium budget; even Gov. Josh Stein had some nice things to say about it.