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The $1.4 billion allocation for a non-profit called NCInnovation in the state Senate’s budget plan has raised some eyebrows. Given that this appropriation to the barely five-year-old non-profit organization would amount to nearly five percent of the entire state General Fund budget, it should.
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2023 @ 1:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This nearly one-third reduction of state debt frees up the General Funds budget for other priorities, as annual debt service payments become less burdensome.
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly is continuing its push to pass mini-budgets as the stalemate over Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the General Fund budget continues into another month.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2019 @ 5:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While the budget stalemate continues, lawmakers are working to pass pieces of the General Fund budget bill with measures that include pay raises for some state employees.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 11:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper insists Medicaid expansion be included in the General Fund budget, and the Republican-dominated General Assembly unequivocally refuses.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 8:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A week ago, the state Senate passed its version of a $23.9 billion General Fund budget for the next fiscal year. The Senate and House still must resolve their differences in a conference report, pass it, and send it to Gov. Roy Cooper.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 10:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a news release issued Friday, Gov. Roy Cooper’s spokesman made it clear: Medicaid expansion must be part of any General Fund budget he signs.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 @ 1:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After a week of subcommittee meetings, full appropriation consideration, input from the finance side, two rare Friday sessions, and two full days of debate, on Friday, May 3, the House passed its $23.9 billion General Fund budget proposal.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 @ 2:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate’s Republican leader and top budget writer said Wednesday, May 8, he hopes that chamber’s work on the General Fund budget will be done by the end of May. The House passed a $23.9-billion plan last week.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 12:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After more than two hours of debate, the N.C. House Friday afternoon passed a $24.5 billion General Fund budget by a 61-51 party-line vote.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 8:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The House passed its $24.5 billion General Fund budget for 2019-20 by a 61-54 margin Thursday, May 2, after spending three hours wrestling with 34 amendments.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 3:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Under the House General Fund budget for the University of North Carolina, the system would get a spending increase of $57 million over last year, bringing the budget up to $3.1 billion for the 17 campus system in 2019-20.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 12:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican legislative leaders have reached agreement on a 2019-20 General Fund budget cap of slightly more than $24 billion, shaving about $500 million from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposed spending plan
Published: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 @ 9:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In his proposed budget released on Wednesday, Gov. Roy Cooper has provided the tax and spending details for his vision of a North Carolina determined to spend a lot more on state government
Published: Thursday, March 28th, 2019 @ 4:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper proposed a $25.2 billion General Fund budget for 2019-20 that would increase spending by more than $1.3 billion over the current fiscal year
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2019 @ 4:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2019-20 General Assembly session is well under way. Bills are being filed and committees are meeting, but the attention will soon fall on the biennial budget, which the governor introduced this week and included new and expanded spending, including a 9.1 percent raise for teachers
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate delivered swiftly on a leadership pledge to kill Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the 2018-19 General Fund budget, voting 34-13 to override Thursday, June 7
Published: Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 @ 6:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the $23.9 billion General Fund budget for 2018-19, warning Republicans that voters in November’s general election will reject GOP candidates and their policies
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 @ 8:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The recent announcement by leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly that changes to the current two-year budget will be settled in a conference report, and not through the regular appropriations committee process has drawn a lot of ire
Published: Thursday, June 14th, 2018 @ 2:13 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The recent legislative adjustments to North Carolina's 2018-19 state General Fund budget produced two main political controversies that we'll hear more about as we move through the campaign season to the November midterms
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2018 @ 8:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Debate was more civil, but the outcome was the same. House Republicans followed the Senate's lead, voting 66-44 to pass a $23.9 billion General Fund budget, and sent it to Gov. Roy Cooper over Democrats' objections
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $23.9 billion state General Fund budget for 2018-19 is a step away from being sent to Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 6:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina legislative leaders released their agreed-upon budget proposal Monday, with votes expected to take place this week
Published: Monday, June 4th, 2018 @ 11:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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After a brief debate, the state Senate on Wednesday passed the 2018-19 General Fund budget largely along party lines, 36-14
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 10:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $23.9 billion state General Fund budget for 2018-19 is a step away from being sent to Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 6:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last June, the N.C. General Assembly passed the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act which raised the age of juvenile jurisdiction in North Carolina to include 16- and 17-year-olds
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 2:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Discussions around the revised 2018-19 budget have often focused on K-12 education spending
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate passed a $23.9 billion balanced budget adjustment with bipartisan support yesterday, Thursday, May 31, 2018
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:43 pm
By: Bill Cook
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The $23.9 billion state General Fund budget proposal reduces personal and corporate income taxes and increases education spending by nearly $700 million
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2018 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican legislative leaders’ decision to hold secretive budget deliberations was bad politics, and could further motivate angry Democrats to flood the voting booth this fall, political observers say
Published: Thursday, May 31st, 2018 @ 7:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled a $24.5 billion state General Fund budget for 2018-19 that freezes scheduled drops in corporate and some personal income tax rates
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2018 @ 9:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Cooper today presented his Common Ground Solutions 2018-2019 recommended budget adjustments
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2018 @ 10:32 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Legislative leaders removed some of the guesswork for the legislative short session starting May 16 by announcing they agreed to a $23.917 billion spending plan for the 2018-19 state budget
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $23 billion state budget has passed in time for the start of a new fiscal year, and the largest part of that budget - over $9 billion - will be spent on public education
Published: Monday, July 10th, 2017 @ 6:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House Education Budget is Pretty Good
Published: Thursday, July 6th, 2017 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Cooper released the following statement on the override of his budget veto
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 10:50 am
By: Governor's Office
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Rep. Nelson Dollar, R-Wake, gave an impassioned defense of the $23 billion bipartisan General Fund budget compromise Wednesday morning, and the House quickly followed his motion to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the spending plan in a 76-43 vote
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 4:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The provision in the state budget that will have the most significant long-term impact on the fiscal health of our state government is making few headlines
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 2:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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At a Monday news conference, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced he would veto the state budget
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, used Gov. Roy Cooper's own words to urge him to sign a $23 billion General Fund budget, reminding him the N.C. Constitution gives more power to the General Assembly than the executive branch
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2017 @ 9:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper is calling on rank-and-file Republicans to go toe-to-toe with legislative leaders in budget negotiations
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 12:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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