Good morning. It’s Friday, September 4th, and this is your briefing from Moneen Daley for The News & Observer. Today will be mostly sunny, with a high of 93 degrees and a low of 74. In our top story: Parents may soon be getting $335 stimulus checks from the state of North Carolina. The state legislature passed a spending bill of nearly $1 billion yesterday that uses up the rest of the state’s share of the COVID-19 relief money from the federal government.