The state budget could stop Capital Boulevard from being turned into a toll road

State lawmakers could block the potential transformation of Capital Boulevard into a toll road under the N.C. House’s proposed state budget. Why it matters: Local officials in Raleigh and Wake County have begrudgingly turned toward tolls as a way to pay for an expansion of a 10-mile section of Capital Boulevard between Raleigh and Wake Forest, one of the region’s most gridlocked…