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McCrory Embraces JLF ‘Reverse Logrolling’ As Cost-Cutting Tool
RALEIGH — As outlined in a June 23 memo from state budget director Art Pope to department heads and fiscal officers, each state department and agency would operate under the lower of the previously approved figures from the House and Senate for individual budget line items. Unlike the status quo, which would allow state government to operate at 2014-15 budget levels agreed to during last year’s budget debate, “reverse logrolling” would impose immediate cuts to agency and department budgets.
