This initial proposed budget totals $73 million. Once board members hash out the details, they will request funds from Orange County commissioners. The proposed budget will require a $3.36 property tax increase.
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper may be gaining some momentum as the Democratic challenger in next year’s race against Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.
Orange County continues to hold the third best employment numbers in the state, according to number released by the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt said he’s proud that Orange County provided a historical number of votes for Sen. Hagan’s unsuccessful re-election bid in November.
A report from George Washington University shows the county-by-county impact of the decision not to expand Medicaid in North Carolina – and it’s not good.
North Carolina’s Republican Gov. Pat McCrory may have softened his tone about the purpose of higher education in the state since he set off a firestorm by mocking gender studies last year, but his message remains the same: UNC and other universities need to “hone in” on the “changing market environment.”
In his keynote speech Sunday for UNC’s 221st birthday celebration, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said that universities must prepare more students for technology and research jobs that need to be filled right now.