North Carolina Republicans have rolled out a compromise state government budget that’s been essentially hammered out only by them. Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore unveiled highlights of the proposal...
Read MoreA face-to-face meeting on Friday between North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the legislature’s top Republicans didn’t narrow the chasm separating their respective state budget views. Cooper, House Speaker...
Read MoreMedicaid expansion is a significant point of contention in North Carolina’s final budget negotiations, even though neither spending proposal approved by House and Senate Republicans contains it. That’s because...
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Orange County Commissioners approved a quarter-cent increase on the property tax rate that will go...
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The final pieces of the puzzle that will form next year’s Orange County operating budget will be...
Read MoreNegotiations between Republican legislative budget-writers will now begin in earnest after the Senate completed voting Friday for its version of a two-year spending plan for North Carolina government. The chamber voted 30-16 for...
Read MoreThe North Carolina Senate tentatively agreed Thursday to a state spending plan for the next two years written by Republicans, who kept to their decade-old formula of budgets with tax cuts, tempered spending growth and money...
Read MoreRepublicans in the North Carolina Senate proposed a state budget Tuesday that emphasized raises for state employees and putting more money into reserves compared to a competing spending bill in the House. The two-year budget...
Read MoreCarrboro’s town manager David Andrews presented his office’s recommendation for the 2019-2020 budget last week, and the Board of Aldermen will discuss the budget – and its proposed tax increase – in a work session...
Read MoreOrange County manager Bonnie Hammersley’s $236.4 million recommended budget includes a 1.5 cent property tax increase, but commissioners could opt to implement a larger increase this year in hopes of eliminating increases in...
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