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House and Senate budget negotiators have reached a compromise $20.2 billion General Fund budget deal for the upcoming fiscal year that provides 1.2 percent raises to state employees and teachers while restoring $251 million in previous cuts to public education.
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2012 @ 3:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate and House budget negotiators could be nearing an agreement on the state's $20 billion-plus General Fund spending plan.
Published: Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 @ 11:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Documents obtained by Carolina Journal show that a plan recently scrapped by the North Carolina Department of Commerce included a provision to pay Cary-based software developer SAS $1.5 million in federal funds meant to assist low- and moderate-income families.
Published: Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 @ 11:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a move described to lawmakers as "streamlining," the House budget for commerce would eliminate the position of assistant secretary of commerce for community services.
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2012 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to an April 6, 2012 N&O article, NC Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco asked his Director of the Community Development Division, Henry McKoy, to resign and McKoy refused.
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2012 @ 1:15 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A subordinate of N.C. Commerce Department official Henry C. McKoy was serving as president of a nonprofit organization when, acting in her official capacity as a state employee, she applied for and received a $150,000 grant for the nonprofit from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
Published: Friday, April 13th, 2012 @ 10:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A senior official in the North Carolina Department of Commerce launched a scheme in November to direct more than $2 million in federal funds to a small Raleigh-based nonprofit organization that he chaired last year.
Published: Thursday, April 5th, 2012 @ 3:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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