North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Thursday signed into law a grab-bag bill including funding for a variety of statewide initiatives, plus several regulatory modifications aimed at easing Hurricane Helene recovery.

The legislature has now approved several smaller funding bills as its Republican leaders have failed to reach a deal on a full state budget. The state House adjourned Wednesday for the rest of the year, with House Speaker Destin Hall saying they’d try again at budget negotiations sometime in 2026.

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Senate Bill 449 , the latest mini-budget effort, expands and modifies a loan program for businesses that were impacted by Hurricane Helene. It also makes disaster-related modifications to development rules and a local government grant program. The measure al

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