|
All news accounts described the recently passed state budget as spending $30 billion
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2024 @ 1:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
The North Carolina Senate released its biennium budget proposal this week as scheduled, with the expectation of meeting with the state House to establish a conference budget before the current fiscal year ends on June 30
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
The North Carolina House released its biennium budget proposal this week as scheduled, and the North Carolina Senate is scheduled to release its version next before the two chambers meet to establish a conference budget
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
recent appointments raise alarm
Published: Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 @ 10:03 am
By: John Steed
|
|
ECU leaders extend gratitude for new medical education building funding
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 9:49 am
By: ECU News Services
|
|
East Carolina University and the Brody School of Medicine extend our sincerest gratitude to the State of North Carolina for its investment in a new medical education building and for its belief in Brody’s ability to serve the residents of our state.
Published: Monday, November 29th, 2021 @ 9:04 am
By: ECU News Services
|
|
"This surplus came largely out of the pockets of North Carolina citizens and they deserve to see some of it returned to them."
Published: Sunday, June 27th, 2021 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
Gov. Roy Cooper is again pushing for a multibillion-dollar infrastructure bond, but Republican leaders caution that North Carolina’s still-unsteady economy makes it impossible to tell whether it would be prudent.
Published: Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 @ 10:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
Marty Kotis, a member of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors, for years has pushed for more online learning programs from UNC’s college campuses.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 @ 4:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
Please sign a truce over the budget, University of North Carolina System interim President Dr. Bill Roper asks of the warring branches of state government.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 @ 11:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
Imagine if you could buy a home with no debt. Wouldn’t you do that? State government has the option to do something similar with the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund, but Gov. Roy Cooper prefers debt.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2019 @ 1:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
|
Gov. Roy Cooper's $25.2 billion budget proposal would add nearly $1.3 billion in new spending over last year - an increase of 5.4 percent
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 10:56 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
|
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
|
|
Buncombe County's financial troubles will not end with the January 16th plea hearing of former county manager Wanda Greene in federal court or payment of her $750,000 settlement with the county.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 11:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
The University of Chicago is known for its imaginative admission application essay questions, questions such as “So where is Waldo, really?” or “Find x” or one year “How are apples and oranges supposed to be compared?”
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 6:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Stough Elementary school has seen a handful of repairs and renovations since it was built in 1968. The aging facility soon will be torn down, and a new building will take its place to accommodate more students without the need for mobile trailers
Published: Friday, August 10th, 2018 @ 8:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
As state taxpayers, we own a lot of stuff - office, school and university buildings, state agencies and department offices, courthouses, prisons, libraries, books ... and lots of land
Published: Thursday, March 1st, 2018 @ 2:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
The North Carolina Senate passed a $22.9 billion balanced budget Friday, May 12, 2017
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2017 @ 10:39 am
By: Bill Cook
|
|
According to data released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, North Carolina's unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent in July 2016, the lowest it's been in nine years
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2016 @ 1:00 pm
By: Bill Cook
|
|
This morning marked the inaugural sale of the first $200 million of the $2 billion Connect NC bond to support investments in our state's education, parks, National Guard and water and sewer infrastructure introduced by Governor Pat McCrory and overwhelmingly passed by voters in March
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2016 @ 12:06 am
By: McCrory Communications
|
|
All three major bond rating agencies-Moody's Investor Services, Standard and Poor's and Fitch Ratings-have assigned an AAA bond rating, the highest rating possible, to North Carolina's first issuance of the $2 billion Connect NC bond
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2016 @ 12:16 pm
By: McCrory Communications
|
|
Shortly after the Council of State approved the first $200 million issuance and sale for the Connect NC Bond, Appalachian State University was awarded a construction contract to build a new College of Health Sciences Building
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 3:28 am
By: McCrory Communications
|
|
The Council of State unanimously approved a resolution today for the issuance and sale of $200 million in bonds to support the Connect NC investments in our state's education, parks, National Guard, and water and sewer infrastructure
Published: Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 @ 9:21 pm
By: McCrory Communications
|
|
The full details of Governor Pat McCrory's proposed budget adjustments for the 2016-17 Fiscal Year have been released
Published: Friday, April 29th, 2016 @ 1:27 am
By: McCrory Communications
|
|
"My problem," the notoriously reckless actor Errol Flynn was once reported to have quipped, "lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income."
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 @ 10:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
North Carolina is preparing for the future and will invest in strengthening education, enhancing public safety, improving the health of all citizens and building roads that connect our communities under Governor Pat McCrory's proposed budget adjustments for the 2016-17 Fiscal Year
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2016 @ 7:48 am
By: McCrory Communications
|
|
Governor Pat McCrory is touring the state today to thank the people of North Carolina and celebrate the passage of the $2 billion Connect NC bond proposal.
Published: Sunday, March 20th, 2016 @ 8:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
Governor Pat McCrory applauded the passage of the $2 billion Connect NC Bond proposal, which will enable North Carolina to build the infrastructure that will improve the state's quality of life for generations to come.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2016 @ 3:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
Governor Pat McCrory has signed the Connect NC Bond Act into law, which will allow the people of North Carolina to vote on a $2 billion bond package that will invest in education, parks, National Guard facilities and water and sewer infrastructure throughout the state.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 2:31 am
By: McCrory Communications
|
|
Governor Pat McCrory visited UNC Charlotte today to discuss the$2 billion Connect NC bond package that will invest in education, parks, National Guard facilities and water and sewer infrastructure across the state. Of that amount, nearly $135 million of investments included in the Connect NC...
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 12:03 pm
By: McCrory Communications
|
|
Today, Governor Pat McCrory visited Stone Mountain State Park to discuss the Connect NC Bond referendum he signed into law, which if approved by voters in March, will invest $2 billion in education, parks, National Guard facilities, and statewide water and sewer infrastructure. Of that amount...
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 6:21 am
By: McCrory Communications
|