The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature has completed its override of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation that addresses both private school scholarship grants and immigration.
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When the General Assembly eliminated income caps for recipient families on the program last year — leading to skyrocketing interest — 55,000 children were otherwise unable to access the aid because GOP lawmakers initially this summer were unable to agree on appropriating additional funds. “We cannot afford this,” Sen. Natasha Marcus, a Mecklenburg County Democrat, said during the short Senate debate. “This is a budget-busting expense that more than doubles the already significant voucher program in North Carolina.”
The immigration provisions have been contained in bills since 2019 that Cooper vetoed while the GOP lacked a veto-proof majority. Such a supermajority was restored in April 2023, leading to more than two dozen overrides since then.
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