Republicans in the North Carolina legislature are fast-tracking this year’s budget adjustments so quickly they’re preventing rank-and-file members — particularly Democrats — from formally offering their own changes. House and...
Read MoreThere’s more evidence North Carolina Republicans plan to skip some of the usual legislative process this year when making adjustments to the state budget. House Speaker Tim Moore announced Tuesday a formal list of Republican...
Read MoreNorth Carolina lawmakers have several hundred million dollars more at their disposal as they adjust the two-year state budget because state government has a slight surplus this year. The legislature’s fiscal agency and Gov. Roy...
Read MoreNorth Carolina education officials are asking legislators to hold off on another $5 million budget cut this year, citing results from a nearly $1 million efficiency audit of the state’s public schools support agency. The State...
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Governor Roy Cooper was shuffling through the hallways and offices of Cedar Ridge High School on...
Read MoreThe Republican-controlled General Assembly has made good on its promise to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the two-year state budget. The House completed the override with a vote of 76-43 Wednesday. The...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has officially vetoed the state budget bill approved by legislative Republicans. Cooper returned the measure with his veto stamp Tuesday morning to the Senate, where the measure originated. The...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper says he will veto the state budget put on his desk by Republican lawmakers. Cooper made the announcement Monday, four days after the GOP-controlled legislature gave final approval to its...
Read MoreThe Orange County Board of Commissioners will convene this evening to vote on spending nearly $220 million over the course of the next fiscal year. That figure represents the estimated expenditures in a proposed budget...
Read MoreRepublicans at the North Carolina General Assembly have announced a two-year state budget deal that gives raises to teachers, state employees and retirees next year but puts off income tax breaks until 2019. Senate and House...
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