North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signed into law on Wednesday a stopgap spending measure while lawmakers remain in a state budget impasse. The Democratic governor had already said this week he would sign the “mini-budget” that the GOP-controlled General Assembly sent him last week.

Gov. Josh Stein vetoed a bill that would allow North Carolina taxpayers to claim a tax credit for donations to nonprofits that hand out school scholarships. The legislature passed House bill 87 last week,