The General Assembly voted “The Power Bill Reduction Act,” sponsored by 10 Republican senators including the two representing the Outer Banks, into law over Gov. Josh Stein’s veto. Independent analyses claim the legislation will do the opposite of its short title, increasing household bills.

Last-minute changes made to legislation in the state Senate in June would have banned all shrimp trawling in the state’s inshore waters and within a half-mile of the shoreline for four years. After a hastily organized lobbying campaign from shrimpers and their allies, the legislature put the trawling ban on ice—for now.