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North Carolina lawmakers included a new $100 million fund in the state budget to increase teacher pay supplements in low-wealth counties that are unable to match higher salaries in wealthier counties.
Published: Thursday, December 9th, 2021 @ 1:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I’ve always likened North Carolina’s budget process to a dance, but this year it is hard to tell whether it’s a boogaloo, dosey-doe or the chicken dance. Longtime observers say they’ve never seen anything like what’s taking place.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 3:33 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Although the North Carolina House has approved its version of a biennial budget, there’s a lot that North Carolinians can’t yet know about how much will be spent, and on what, over the next two years.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 8:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If the state budget process seems polarized now, just wait.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 9:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If the 2016 election cycle ever leaves the focus on personalities and gets down to issues, we might focus on questions like candidate Ronald Reagan asked voters in 1980: "...Are you better off than you were four years ago?"
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 2:40 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Our lawmakers have been embroiled in contentious debates about teacher pay and Medicaid, among other issues, as they struggle to revise our $21 billion state budget.
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2014 @ 7:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Expect Short Session To Live Up To Its Name
Published: Saturday, May 12th, 2012 @ 5:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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