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North Carolina officials downgraded anticipated state revenue collections compared with their recent forecast, largely over rising economic uncertainty and the risks of a U.S. recession.
The adjustments agreed upon by economists working in Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s budget office and at the General Assembly keep front and center competing tax-cutting plans passed by the Republican-controlled House and Senate. The plans are contained in rival budget bills that will soon be subject to negotiations.

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A line of strong storms will likely move through central North Carolina between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. There’s a level 2 of 5 threat that those storms could be severe with damaging winds and hail. The storm threat will end after sunset as the storms move east of our area.

Much of the weekend will then be dry, but a few isolated storms are expected Saturday afternoon. Pleasantly warm temperatures are expected through the weekend.

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Around North Carolina

1. Family, civil rights attorneys call for highway troopers to be fired in Mason case

The family of Tyrone Mason, a 31-year-old man who died in a crash in Raleigh in October, held a rally in front of the Wake County Courthouse on Thursday, proclaiming the failure of Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman to bring charges against troopers in the case as an injustice and demanding the troopers be fired.

2. New lawsuit against Trails Carolina alleges sexual assault in 2018

The lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court claims that a 16-year-old was sexually assaulted in 2018 while attending the camp and that staff failed to document the report of the assault. The lawsuit names Wilderness Training and Consulting, an Oregon-based company operating in North Carolina.

3. Restaurant owner shares Cantonese culture through food

Open Rice opened its first location in 2017 and a second in 2022. One of the owners says he wanted to bring Cantonese culture through food to Charlotte. Asian-owned businesses in North Carolina have increased by 25% since 2017, according to the state Department of Commerce.

Around The Nation

1. White House pledges Trump's trade and tariff agenda will continue in wake of court orders

2. White House says Israel has accepted new U.S. proposal for temporary ceasefire; Hamas evaluating

3. Donald Trump Jr. signals family has 'run our last race'

Editor's Pick - After 2-year pause, horse-drawn caisson unit to return to Arlington Cemetery

Next week, the elite horse-drawn caisson unit will return to one of America’s oldest burial grounds at Arlington National Cemetery. In 2023, following the deaths of two horses and reports that aging horses were living in poor conditions, caisson burials were halted. Lt. Col. Jason Crawford, commander of the platoon, said since the caisson processions were paused, there have been many changes.