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(The Center Square) – Adjustments to the state budget at the midpoint of its two-year life, as often happens, appear to be a longshot this year for North Carolina lawmakers. Three-fifths majorities of Republicans are in each chamber, and they’ll need to either craft separate legislation or come together on very different plans to push $487 million toward school choice. Without it, it’ll only be about $100 million as planned and the waiting list of some 55,000 students will not go away as lawmakers have intended. That’s one thing the Senate and House of Representatives agreed on in spending pla…

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