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North Carolina has five new members of Congress as the new session started Friday. They were sworn in after Mike Johnson was reelected as Speaker.

North Carolina House Republicans have enacted legislation that erodes some powers of several statewide offices newly-elected Democrats are slated to hold next month. Lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto.

The legislature adjourned its 鈥渟hort session鈥� Thursday without approving a budget plan for the state鈥檚 billion-dollar revenue surplus.

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, Sen. Thom Tillis and other prominent Republicans in North Carolina offered their thoughts on social media on former president Donald Trump's conviction.

Republicans leading the House and Senate are talking about the traditionally 鈥渟hort鈥� session that starts Wednesday to finish by early summer. The legislature鈥檚 chief duty in even-numbered years is to adjust the second year of the two-year government operating budget that鈥檚 already enacted.

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore has won the Republican primary for a U.S. House seat in North Carolina. Moore's 14th District is one of three expected to flip to Republicans after new district maps were drawn for the 2024 elections.

A gambling package that failed to pass last year sought the construction of four more casinos and the state licensing of gambling machines. House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger told reporters Wednesday that video machines are still being talked about among colleagues.

New redistricting lines for the state legislature will mean few swing districts in November鈥檚 general election 鈥� most districts strongly favor either Democrats or Republicans. In some of those districts, the action will be taking place in the March primary.

State House Speaker Tim Moore filed to run for the 14th Congressional District seat in 2024. The district is one of four that a federal lawsuit claims was racially gerrymandered by Republican lawmakers.

Moore has already announced that he wouldn鈥檛 seek reelection in 2024 and said he was considering a bid for Washington. Democrat Jeff Jackson is the current 14th District congressman, but he plans to run for state attorney general next year.