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.

North Carolina Republicans were vying to be the first state in the nation to enroll in a Trump-supported tax credit for school choice scholarships.

Thirty-seven days late and counting, a two-year fiscal spending plan for North Carolina remains elusive while first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein signed a mini-budget sent forward by Republican majorities in the General Assembly.