"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
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Senate Bill 818 includes an experienced-based “step” salary increase and a $350 bonus.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2020 @ 8:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In all likelihood, Gov. Roy Cooper will have a competitive race for reelection in his bid for a second term in 2020.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2019 @ 11:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Governor Cooper met with teachers in Durham to talk about the need for a significant pay raise.
Published: Monday, November 25th, 2019 @ 3:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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General Assembly would have to modify resolution for next week's session or call separate session to schedule overrides before January
Published: Thursday, November 14th, 2019 @ 9:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Republican Party spokesman Jeff Hauser released the following statement after Governor Cooper vetoed teacher pay raises and additional tax relief
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2019 @ 9:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rep. Jeffrey Elmore, R-Wilkes, said one of his teaching colleagues inadvertently took a pay cut.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 7:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers are forcing their Democratic colleagues to choose between sustaining Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto or securing higher teacher pay raises.
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2019 @ 11:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Governor Cooper announced the creation of the Governor's Advisory Council on Film, Television and Digital Streaming at Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2019 @ 10:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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The N.C. House on Wednesday, Aug. 28, unanimously passed pay raises for state employees.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 6:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As they prepare for the start of the new school year, educators from across the state participated in a roundtable discussion with Governor Roy Cooper in Raleigh today.
Published: Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 @ 2:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper and Democrats continue to hold the entire $24 billion state budget hostage to force the expansion of government-run Medicaid in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 @ 3:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Senate’s proposed biennial budget includes the largest pay raises for state employees in more than a decade, but doesn’t include a cost-of-living increase for state retirees.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 9:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The House on Monday, April 29, unveiled a $14 billion education budget for fiscal 2019-20.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 11:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, as the first round of the U. S. general election presidential debates approaches, two parties will be represented on stage tonight.
Published: Wednesday, September 28th, 2016 @ 2:34 pm
By: Jim Kouri
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On Capital Tonight, Experts From Both Sides Applaud Governor's Focus On Students, Building On Historic Teacher Pay Raises...
Published: Saturday, April 16th, 2016 @ 5:14 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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In June, Wake County commissioners approved an extra $44.6 million for Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS). About half the money will go for raises and additional pay; $16 million for teacher pay, $1.8 million for teachers who take on extra duties, and another $6 million for 3 percent raises for...
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 10:28 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The average annual income in North Carolina is just over $40,000. But senior-level bureaucrats in the University of North Carolina system's General Administration (GA)-who take home six-figure salaries-say they need a raise. This Friday, the system's Board of Governors will vote on a proposed...
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 5:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina lawmakers will return to the state capital later in January with a lengthy agenda, including taking another crack at Medicaid reform, considering a $1 billion highway bond, and tackling what recent projections reveal to be a $190 million revenue shortfall.
Published: Monday, January 5th, 2015 @ 6:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We don't know what the composition of the North Carolina General Assembly will look like after the November election. Republicans are favored to hold their majorities in both legislative chambers, to be sure, but their edge could shrink a lot, shrink a little, or stay roughly the same (a net increas
Published: Monday, August 11th, 2014 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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"Logrolling" is a budgeting technique whereby each chamber negotiates with the other for inclusion of specific line items in the final spending plan.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After November 2012, when Pat McCrory was elected North Carolina's first Republican governor since 1992 and voters reelected a GOP majority in both legislative chambers for the first time since the 1860s, displaced Democrats, liberal editorialists, and left-wing activists began pursuing a...
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 12:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The proposed N.C. Senate budget plan would shift money away from lower priorities to meet the goal of raising public school teacher pay across the state. John Locke Foundation experts reviewing the $21.2 billion plan for 2014-15 like the Senate's focus on spending existing revenue more efficiently.
Published: Sunday, June 1st, 2014 @ 9:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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