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[ ![Election 2026: Weekly gain of independents bests major parties' 6 months](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/e5003bb27b.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/election-2026-weekly-gain-of-independents-bests-major-parties-6-months)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Since the first Saturday in January, Democrats have a net gain of 2,608 voter registrations in North Carolina.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Medicaid gets $1B cut of state budget, SNAP $5.3M](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/37d1c861a4.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/medicaid-gets-1b-cut-of-state-budget-snap-5-3m)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Medicaid is slated for $1 billion, SNAP for $5.3 million, and a new children’s hospital in the Triangle for $208.5 million in North Carolina’s $34.4 billion state budget.

 

 

 

 

[ ![State budget among 19 bills considered this week by Stein](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/619f3eb004.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/state-budget-among-19-bills-considered-this-week-by-stein)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Five bills are to be presented to the North Carolina governor for signing into law on Monday, four bills got his signature on Thursday, and 14 more were

 

 

 

 

[ ![Hurricane Helene relief appropriation $700M, pushes Legislature total to $2.8B](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/37d1c861a4.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/hurricane-helene-relief-appropriation-700m-pushes-legislature-total-to-2-8b)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – In some hamlets of the mountains, the impact of Hurricane Helene isn’t easily seen anymore. Elsewhere, the need is only in the second of as much as five

 

 

 

 

 

[ ![Agriculture appropriation $186.2M](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/6515eed47f.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/agriculture-appropriation-186-2m)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – More than $186.2 million is appropriated toward agriculture and agribusiness in North Carolina’s state budget.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Food, music, and plenty of red, white and blue](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/106ca043e2.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/food-music-and-plenty-of-red-white-and-blue)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Food, music and plenty of red, white and blue are available Saturday throughout the state at attractions large and small celebrating America’s 250th birthday.

 

 

 

 

[ ![K-12, higher ed snags more than half of $34.4B state budget](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/6564ba9df0.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/k-12-higher-ed-snags-more-than-half-of-34-4b-state-budget)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Public school K-12 spending in North Carolina’s proposed state budget has the largest share of the $34.4 billion spending plan.