Name: Lawmakers return to Raleigh to begin 2024 legislative session Wednesday
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Description: The state budget is already set, but there's an extra one billion dollars left over. On Wednesday, state lawmakers will gather at the legislative building to figure out what they're going to do with it.

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The state budget is already set, but there's an extra one billion dollars left over. On Wednesday, state lawmakers will gather at the legislative building to figure out what they're going to do with it. 

<p>WATCHING VERY CLOSELY AS IT UNFOLDS TODAY. STATE LAWMAKERS RETURN TO RALLY TODAY TO KICK OFF THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING THIS MORNING. &gt;&gt; THE BEARS KELSEY COFFEY JOINS US LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN RALEIGH COUNTY. LEGISLATORS WILL HAVE TO DECIDE HOW TO SPEND A BILLION DOLLARS SURPLUS. &gt;&gt; GEOFF, THEY WILL. THAT STATE BUDGET IS ALREADY SET AN EXTRA 1 BILLION DOLLARS LEFT OVER. SO TODAY STATE LAWMAKERS WILL MEET HERE AT THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING, A FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THAT MONEY. LAWMAKERS ARE EXPECTED TO DISCUSS SOME OTHER BIG ISSUES. ASIDE FROM THE BUDGET LIKE IMMIGRATION AND LEGALIZING MEDICAL MARIJUANA &gt;&gt; THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR WHO COULD RECEIVE THIS MONEY RAISES FOR TEACHERS FUNDING FOR DAY CARE AND MEDICAID ARE ALL OPTIONS. THE PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM IS ALSO IN THE RUNNING FOR MORE FUNDING. HOUSE SPEAKER TIM MOORE TOLD WRAL STATE GOVERNMENT REPORTER WILL DOOR IN THAT DEMAND FOR THE PROGRAM UP. &gt;&gt; DEMAND WAS SO HIGH THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT 300 MILLION DOLLARS SHORT. SO IF THEY DECIDE TO FULLY FUND THAT PROGRAM AND GIVE THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS TO EVERYONE IN PRIVATE SCHOOL BUS THEM. AND THERE'S A 3RD OF THE BILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS RIGHT THERE. JUST FOR THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS. &gt;&gt; AND THIS IS A SHORT SESSION THAT STARTING TODAY. SO WE'RE EXPECTING THAT THEY'LL WRAP UP BY THE 4TH OF JULY. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS UPCOMING SESSION, JUST GO TO THE NC CAPITOL SECTION OF WRAL DOT COM, HEALTHY COFFEE.</p>

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Lawmakers return to Raleigh to begin 2024 legislative session Wednesday

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Good morning. I'm meteorologist, Elizabeth Gardner. Some patchy fog around the area this morning. But for the most part, we'll see a good bit of sunshine for it today and it will be pleasant. Our dew point or humidity is fairly low today, we'll see a high of 80 in Raleigh, 81 in Durham and 81 in Fayetteville. Today's day is nice and dry and we have some really comfortable weather in our forecast for the next couple of days this morning. Our muggy meters sitting right there, comfy. Our due point is 56. So feeling pretty good, but it starts to climb into the next several days. By Thursday and Friday, we're back up to around tropical with some warmer temperatures. Thursday. We could hit nineties again. Take a look at that temperature change. We had temperatures below normal over the weekend. So you can see that there in the blue shaded area as we move ahead, especially by midweek, we'll see the temperatures swinging back to above normal. We could be in the nineties by Thursday, but then after that, mainly mid eighties otherwise, but that's still a little bit above normal as our normal high right now is 81 degrees. Should have a beautiful evening for baseball tomorrow. Tomorrow kicks up the next home stand for the Durham Bulls Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Um, it should be very nice for that 6630 game time at six o'clock, temperatures, 79 and just holding into the seventies through the evening and the humidity still stays on the lower side for tomorrow. Again, our normal high is 81. We'll see 84 today and then 84 tomorrow, we do hit 91 on Thursday. We start to cool back down on Friday with that high of 86. But that's because we may end up with some scattered thunderstorms. Here's a look at a sneak peek at our Memorial Day. Weekend, things may change somewhat but we're definitely trending wetter for the weekend, some afternoon and evening storms on Friday as folks are trying to hit the road and head out for the weekend on Saturday, scattered showers and storms odd enough for a good chunk of the day. Sundays, maybe mainly in the afternoon and the same with Monday. But, uh, you know, we'll do our best to help you plan around it as we get closer to the weekend. We'll continue to update you on the timeline for showers and storms.

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Nightly N.C. Education Lottery drawings during the 11 p.m. News.

Good evening, Darren Ott here with tonight's drawings for Sunday. May 19th, 2024. Let's get started. As always with Carolina pick three where the first winning number is eight. The second is three and the third is four and our pick three. Fireball number tonight is eight. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconal Jones L LP. We move along to Carolina pick four. The first pick four, number is one. The second is four. The third is one and the fourth is two. In our pick for fireball number is five. Turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one wins the top prize tonight, tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $130,000. Good luck. The first cash five number is 11. The second is 12. The 3rd 34. The fourth is five and the fifth and final number tonight is seven over the past 16 years. The lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. So thanks for your support and thanks for playing the North Carolina Education lottery.

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Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings are held at 3 p.m. daily. They can be seen as live or on-demand video.

Good afternoon. I'm Claire Justin and welcome to this afternoon. Choice for Sunday. May 19th, 2024. Let's get started with our car to pick three. Your first number is eight. Second is nine, third is also nine and your pick. The fireball is two. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move on to the Carolina pick for your first pick. Four. Number is four. Second is six. Third is one, fourth is one and your pick four. Fireball is eight. The North Carolina Education lottery contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support. Get your winning numbers each day here on your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education lottery.

Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 Drawing

Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday Powerball drawings, as shown live on WRAL.

Johnson tonight, we have another life changing jackpot for you. It's worth an estimated $77.5 million. I get those tickets out. Let's play. That first number is 42. Followed by the number 59. Tonight. We're going to meet, keep on trucking who won $50,000 playing powerball. Now, for the rest of those numbers, we've got 3719, rounding it out with 36. Your powerball number tonight. Good luck. Everyone is 19 and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take a look at those numbers one last time. Remember there are multiple ways to win. We'll see you back here Monday night. Good night, everyone. Favorite jackpot game. This is powerball. Good evening America. I'm.

Powerball Drawing

Tuesday and Friday Mega Millions Drawing.

>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS WOODS UP AMERICA. I'M JOHN CROW. IT IS FRIDAY MAY 17TH AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED A NEW TIES. 393 MILLION DOLLARS. AND WIN THAT JACKPOT. YOU MUST MATCH THESE 5 WHITE. PLUS THAT GOLD MEGA BALL NOW LETS SEE IF I CAN MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE TONIGHT. YOUR FIRST WINNING NUMBER TONIGHT IS 8 AND FOLLOWED BY 60. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 70. YOUR NEXT NUMBER IS 17 IN YOUR FINAL WHITE BALL NUMBER FOR THIS FRIDAY EVENING IS 40 NOW FOR THE MEGA BALL NUMBER. THAT IS 3. AGAIN. TONIGHT'S WINNING NUMBERS ARE 8, 60, 70

Mega Millions Drawing

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Lawmakers return to Raleigh to begin 2024 legislative session Wednesday

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