December 2025 - Sweetpotato Speak

CAPITOL briefs

John Cooper Connect C

By: John Cooper, Nathan Honaker & Brad Edwards

The North Carolina House and Senate have struggled to find consensus on important issues this year, resulting in a stalemate which has prevented passage of a state budget, Farm Act, and many other important legislative priorities. The General Assembly has been meeting briefly once each month since June, but very little has actually passed and been signed into law. While it is not unusual for the two chambers to disagree, in the past the leadership has been able to work together and find enough common ground to move forward. This year there is such a vast difference in policy priorities between the Senate Republican caucus and the House Republican caucus that it has halted any meaningful progress on the state budget bill and held up other legislation.

Brad Edwards Jenkins Hill Consulting

Nathan Honaker Connect C

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