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[ ![Milk prices decrease; other consumer staples steady](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/4c55880581.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/milk-prices-decrease-other-consumer-staples-steady)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Milk prices decreased in the past month, bread was up only pennies, and eggs and beef are remaining stable among consumer grocery staples in North Carolina’s capital city.

 

 

 

 

[ ![North Carolina laws backed by U.S. Supreme Court decision](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/4f2e723c01.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/north-carolina-laws-backed-by-u-s-supreme-court-decision)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Protection of women’s spaces, including sports, through North Carolina laws has been backed by a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving cases in West Virginia and Idaho.

 

 

 

 

[ ![State budget votes Wednesday, Thursday in General Assembly](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/37d1c861a4.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/state-budget-votes-wednesday-thursday-in-general-assembly)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Votes are planned Wednesday and Thursday in the Senate and the House of Representatives for North Carolina’s state budget, a spending plan one year late and emerging from