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The North Carolina legislature meets for a short session in even-numbered years and a long session in the odd-numbered years.  The topics allowed in the short sessions are typically limited, such as budgetary matters.

The North Carolina legislature meets for a short session in even-numbered years and a long session in the odd-numbered years.  The topics allowed in the short sessions are typically limited, such as budgetary matters.

North Carolina is the birthplace of two American presidents, [[James Polk]] and [[Andrew Johnson]], both of whom left young.  The most prominent recent [[conservative]] leader was Senator [[Jesse Helms]]. The state's two current [[Moderate Republican|Moderate]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] senators, [[Richard Burr]] and [[Thom Tillis]], are fully unlike Helms in style and philosophy of government.

North Carolina is the birthplace of two American presidents, [[James Polk]] and [[Andrew Johnson]], both of whom left young.  The most prominent recent [[conservative]] leader was Senator [[Jesse Helms]]. Two of the state's [[Moderate Republican|Moderate]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] senators, [[Richard Burr]], who was succeeded in 2023 by conservative [[Ted Budd]] and [[Thom Tillis]], who steps down in 2027, are fully unlike Helms in style and philosophy of government.

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the population of North Carolina was 9,943,964 on July 1, 2014, a 4.28% increase since the 2010 U.S. Census; currently North Carolina the eleventh-most populous state in the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://roofingroger.com/wp-content/uploads/NST-EST2014-01.csv |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|language=English|accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hulsink2008">{{cite book|last=Hulsink|first=Willem|coauthors=J. J. M. Dons|title=Pathways to High-Tech Valleys and Research Triangles: Innovative Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Transfer and Cluster Formation in Europe and the United States|accessdate=29 August 2015|date=23 May 2008|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|language=English |isbn=1402083386|page=30|quote=North Carolina is the eleventh-most-populous state in the United States, and it ranks eighth largest in the United States in terms of manufacturing base.}}</ref>  

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the population of North Carolina was 9,943,964 on July 1, 2014, a 4.28% increase since the 2010 U.S. Census; currently North Carolina the eleventh-most populous state in the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://roofingroger.com/wp-content/uploads/NST-EST2014-01.csv |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|language=English|accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hulsink2008">{{cite book|last=Hulsink|first=Willem|coauthors=J. J. M. Dons|title=Pathways to High-Tech Valleys and Research Triangles: Innovative Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Transfer and Cluster Formation in Europe and the United States|accessdate=29 August 2015|date=23 May 2008|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|language=English |isbn=1402083386|page=30|quote=North Carolina is the eleventh-most-populous state in the United States, and it ranks eighth largest in the United States in terms of manufacturing base.}}</ref>