FILE - North Carolina Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, speaks to reporters following the House Health Committee meeting at the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 14, 2023. North Carolina teachers and state employees would receive higher salary bumps than are currently planned, while child care providers could access some financial aid as federal assistance ends in a state budget measure advanced Tuesday, June 18, 2024, by House Republicans. “We cannot leave Raleigh without addressing the childcare crisis,” Lambeth said in a news release. (AP Photos/Gary D. Robertson, File)
FILE - North Carolina Rep. Julie von Haefen, a Wake County Democrat, denounces the newly reinstated 20-week abortion ban in North Carolina at a news conference in Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 18, 2022. North Carolina teachers and state employees would receive higher salary bumps than are currently planned, while child care providers could access some financial aid as federal assistance ends in a state budget measure advanced Tuesday, June 18, 2024, by House Republicans. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)