Cooper will sign the NC budget. Why he says 'the good outweighs the bad'

RALEIGH -- North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday he will sign the state budget into law, which means the state will have its first comprehensive budget in three years.

The Republican-majority General Assembly negotiated with the Democratic governor ahead of releasing its compromise legislative budget, called the conference budget, on Monday, but did not reach a deal, so it had been unclear what Cooper would do.

Republicans have majorities in the House and Senate. They lack the three-fifths supermajorities required to override vetoes on their own, but top Republicans have expressed confidence in recent days that they have enough votes to override Cooper if he decided to veto the budget.

“I will sign this budget, because on balance the good outweighs the bad,” Cooper said, adding that it moves North Carolina forward in important ways, “many that are critical to our state’s progress as we are emerging from this pandemic.”

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(Raleigh News & Observer)