WRAL statehouse reporters Travis Fain and Bryan Anderson break down the week that was in North Carolina politics and look forward to next week's oral arguments in North Carolina's partisan gerrymandering case.​

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Travis Fain and Bryan Anderson, the newest addition to the NCCapitol team, break down the week that was in North Carolina politics, including the legislature's one-day session to again delay the state's primary elections ... if Gov. Roy Cooper doesn't veto.

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Travis and Laura break down the week that was in North Carolina politics, including this week's four-day redistricting trial, questions about what happened to secret maps that trial revealed and a potential step toward Medicaid expansion in the state.

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The primaries may be delayed, but Democrats are shoring up their pick for U.S. Senate. The new state budget includes provisions that expand Medicaid coverage for new mothers and access to lottery money for smaller, poorer school districts.

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All primaries in North Carolina have been pushed back from March until May as state courts take a look at the new congressional and legislative district maps. Even though the election is delayed, an outside group is cranking up spending in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, mailing a 12-page ad bashing former Gov. Pat McCrory. Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed three more bills, including one that would have prohibited elections officials from accepting private donations.

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Lawmakers tied up some loose ends and say they're finished with the 2021 legislative session, but they haven't adjourned. Some of the final bills to go through would crack down on local officials who use their positions for financial gain, prohibit elections boards from accepting money from private sources and prevent municipalities from banning natural gas appliances in homes.

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After more than two years without a state budget, officials wasted no time putting one in place. Republican lawmakers continue to push changes to state election laws to combat fraud that Democrats say doesn't exist. Congressman G.K. Butterfield became the latest North Carolina politician to announce his retirement, and the open seats and the new congressional and legislative district maps for 2022 have created a rush among state lawmakers to find the best seat.

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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper doesn't like parts of the state budget, but he says there's enough in there that he likes or the state desperately needs to sign it as soon as the General Assembly passes it this week.

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Republican lawmakers say they plan to vote on the overdue state budget, and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper may actually sign it. One thing not in the spending package is the $1.7 billion a judge ordered moved from state reserves to boost public school funding as part of the long-running Leandro lawsuit. Finally, the new congressional and legislative maps have been out for only a week, and they're already shaking up state politics.

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The Republican majorities in the House and the Senate approved new congressional and legislative district maps that favor GOP candidates, and they're already being challenged in courts. There's still no state budget, and odds are there won't be one anytime soon. While no one will gamble on a budget, North Carolina residents could start betting on professional sports if a bill that has cleared the Senate can do so in the House.

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