RALEIGH, N.C. — New raises are on hold indefinitely for North Carolina teachers and other school workers after the state Senate failed to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto on a budget bill Tuesday.
Democrats, backed by the state's largest teacher's association, hung with the governor against the Republican-backed bill on educator pay, continuing a push for larger raises and more education funding in general, which they'd pay for by foregoing GOP plans to cut business taxes.
The vote was a microcosm of the larger budget battle the two sides have been fighting for eight months. That dynamic will likely carry into late April, when the legislature returns.
