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LAST WEEK in RALEIGH:

Last week House and Senate leaders agreed on a suite of tax-related changes for the budget - although those details remain under wraps - and that budgetary subcommittees might meet as early as this week to begin working out detailed plans for other key spending areas. While that did not end up happening, negotiators did indicate that these subcommittees are on course to begin their work this week.

Coinciding with budget talks in the Senate this week will be public hearings on the post-Census redistricting process, when members of the General Assembly meet to channel a decade's worth of population change into updated maps for North Carolina's congressional and state legislative districts. Our steady growth as recorded in the 2020 Census left the state with a whole new congressional district, increasing our representation in the U.S. House form thirteen to fourteen and adding yet another wrinkle for the General Assembly's electoral cartographers to consider. Like many across the state, we are interested to see just how this new district will affect the overall map when it's all said and drawn.