From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 680: The N.C. House has approved its $22.2 billion General Fund budget plan for 2016-17, a proposal that would increase spending by roughly 2.3 percent. Becki Gray, the John Locke Foundation’s vice president for outreach, assesses the House plan and its highlights. They include pay raises for teachers and state workers, additional income tax cuts for anyone who takes a standard deduction, and an investment that boosts the state’s rainy-day reserves to $1.4 billion.