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Good morning and welcome to our Under the Dome<\/b> newsletter focusing on the governor. I\u2019m Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan<\/b>. Let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n

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Nothing says summer like the North Carolina budget, at least for those who follow state politics. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein<\/b> is ready for the General Assembly to send him a budget bill. He\u2019s been governor for a year and a half, and still hasn\u2019t seen a comprehensive spending bill cross his desk.<\/p>\n

The impasse between House and Senate Republicans finally broke in May, when House Speaker Destin Hall<\/b> and Senate leader Phil Berger<\/b> announced a \u201cframework\u201d of a deal on major budget issues. All the in-the-weeds work of crafting the budget has followed.<\/p>\n

Stein\u2019s been a larger part of the budget process with Republican lawmakers than the past two governors, who were from both parties.<\/p>\n

I asked Rep. Donny Lambeth<\/b>, a Winston-Salem Republican, and Rep. Dean Arp<\/b>, a Union County Republican, about their interactions with Stein and the governor\u2019s office these past few months. Lambeth and Arp are two of the top House budget writers.<\/p>\n

Stein has gained a reputation of being closer to legislators than his predecessors. He just calls them and talks to them directly.<\/p>\n

Lambeth said that while Stein won\u2019t like the tax cuts in the budget, he \u201cis going to love the salary package, so you\u2019re going to weigh those. As I\u2019ve talked to him, I feel pretty good that he\u2019s going to like this budget.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lambeth expects Stein to sign the budget into law when it makes its way to his desk sometime this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really can\u2019t imagine, to be honest with you, the governor vetoing this budget \u2014 because it is strong, and it has the kinds of things that he wants.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s got the full Medicaid rebase, obviously. Check that off. It\u2019s got salary increases and his teacher pay that we fought for, that he\u2019s going to like. Check that off. Now, can you find something on page 92 that I don\u2019t like? Yeah, or (Arp) doesn\u2019t like? Yeah, and the governor may not even like, but that\u2019s just kind of the way budgets work,\u201d Lambeth said.<\/p>\n

He said that Stein has \u201cbeen much more open to talk with us\u201d than former governors Roy Cooper<\/b>, a Democrat, and Pat McCrory<\/b>, a Republican. Stein invites lawmakers to the Executive Mansion, and even to Carolina Hurricanes games.<\/p>\n

Arp said Stein is \u201cvery personable,\u201d and while they have differences over policy, \u201cwe take seriously what he\u2019s asking for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more about the latest in budget negotiations:<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading. Be sure to listen to our Under the Dome podcast<\/b>, too. On the new episode coming out Tuesday, I\u2019m joined by Esther Frances<\/b> and Kyle Ingram<\/b>. Reach me at dvaughan@newsobserver.com or our entire politics team at dome@newsobserver.com.<\/p>\n

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