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State budget writers have once again failed to pass a state budget by the beginning of the fiscal year
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 12:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican budget writers released their conference budget adjustments for the new fiscal year on Tuesday, circumventing the traditional appropriations process.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 3:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With state revenue for the current fiscal year now projected to be $4.2 billion higher than originally predicted, state budget writers are sitting on a sizeable stack of funds.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican budget writers in the General Assembly are bristling after the judge in the long-running Leandro school funding case set an arbitrary deadline of Oct. 18 for lawmakers to fund the court-ordered plan.
Published: Monday, October 25th, 2021 @ 4:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers presented a $1 billion COVID-19 package during a Tuesday, Sept. 1, news conference.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2020 @ 12:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Cooper hosted budget writers and Democratic leaders at the mansion yesterday for a conversation about negotiations.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 2:04 pm
By: Governor's Office
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State budget writers have more challenges than normal as they prepare for the next biennium. First, there are economic headwinds from tariff and trade wars and a broader concern about when the next recession will arrive
Published: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 @ 12:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. House budget writers' decision to mirror the Senate's overall goal of $22.9 billion in General Fund spending next year should pave the way for relatively quick agreement between the House and Senate on budget details
Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2017 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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General Assembly budget writers have a monumental challenge this year that they haven't faced in the past four. A Democrat in the governor's mansion
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2017 @ 12:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Top legislative budget and tax writers say the N.C. General Assembly isn't likely to tackle more extensive tax reform next year. Nor are major spending changes in the works
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Budget writers working on the state's 2016-17 spending plan received the OK to increase the amount of money to open new psychiatric beds around the state from $12 million to $18 million, using proceeds from the sale of the Dorothea Dix campus in Raleigh, while eliminating a controversial regulation.
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2016 @ 1:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly on Wednesday approved a measure allowing state government to continue spending money through the end of the month while budget writers from both chambers continue to hammer out a compromise.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 @ 11:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate is still in negotiations about their version of the budget. We know just a few things about what the Senate is working on from the sub-committee appropriations meetings and from comments members have made to the media. One of the senior budget writers, Senator Harry Brown (R-Onslow) told
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2015 @ 8:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State budget writers looking for ways to save taxpayers’ dollars should continue to examine the University of North Carolina system.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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News accounts of the recently-passed $21.1 billion General Fund budget focus primarily on the teacher pay raise provided by budget writers.
Published: Monday, August 11th, 2014 @ 10:50 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina state budget writers would have more flexibility to fund teacher pay raises, address Medicaid cost overruns, create jobs, and generate a surplus, if they adopt a budget technique identified in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Sunday, June 29th, 2014 @ 1:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Where can budget writers find savings to help fund priorities such as teacher raises? That’s a question on everyone’s mind these days.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 2:58 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Attorney General Roy Cooper's recent dog and pony show was an embarrassment to his office. Cooper had gotten wind that Senate budget writers were planning to transfer the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) from Cooper's control to the Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 12:52 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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For savers, compounding interest can be a great thing. It helps to accelerate the rate of increase of your money in the bank.
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 @ 4:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When I walked in the door, I could tell something was up with the owner of a small business I frequent. We talk about current events and politics when I stop by...
Published: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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