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[ ![Hall: Budget will be voted on](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/37d1c861a4.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/hall-budget-will-be-voted-on)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – North Carolina’s two-year budget is ready for a vote, the speaker from the House of Representatives said Tuesday morning.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Baseball franchise acquisition, stadium build estimated above $4B](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/ef8bef850f.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/baseball-franchise-acquisition-stadium-build-estimated-above-4b)

 By David N. Bass | Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – A plan to help finance a projected $1.7 billion Raleigh ballpark is reportedly being left out of a state budget deal that North Carolina House and Senate leaders reached

 

 

 

 

[ ![Bar owners seek depositions from Cooper, Cohen](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/e4f0f65f65.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/bar-owners-seek-depositions-from-cooper-cohen)

 By Carolina Journal Staff

(Carolina Journal) – North Carolina bar owners suing over government-mandated shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic want to hear from former Gov. Roy Cooper and his top health official.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Duke Energy invests $129M in capacity, terminates offshore wind lease](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/c347fffdfc.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/duke-energy-invests-129m-in-capacity-terminates-offshore-wind-lease)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Investment of $129 million in additional generation capacity to serve customers in the Carolinas will be made by Duke Energy, the company and the U.S. Department of Interior

 

 

 

 

 

[ ![Election 2026: Singular goal to win elections, different ideas to get there](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/264a0e83a6.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/election-2026-singular-goal-to-win-elections-different-ideas-to-get-there)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Sen. Thom Tillis took a stand for North Carolina’s rural communities and hospitals, and some would say at his own political expense.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Vote on state budget expected this week](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/37d1c861a4.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/vote-on-state-budget-expected-this-week)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers in North Carolina this week are expected to have a vote on the state budget, a two-year spending plan that was due to be implemented on July

 

 

 

 

[ ![Taxpayer dollars to lure baseball under consideration](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/ef8bef850f.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/taxpayer-dollars-to-lure-baseball-under-consideration)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Taxpayer dollars to help lure Major League Baseball to North Carolina isn’t believed to have been a holdup last spring and summer for a two-year state spending plan.