Gov. Roy Cooper will make an announcement Wednesday regarding his spending proposal for North Carolina as the state deals with a budget surprise.

North Carolina collected $457 million more in tax revenue in the 2020 fiscal year than expected, but it does not mean the state has extra money to spend.

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