The N.C. House on Wednesday gave its initial approval to the state’s $22.2 billion General Fund budget that includes a middle-class tax break along with a modest boost in salaries for state employees and teachers. The bill passed with a bipartisan vote of 103-12, with every Republican and 30 Democrats backing the budget. Final approval...
Becki Gray on legislative session highlights; House members on coal ash clean-up plan; lawmakers on finding owners of unclaimed savings bonds; Robert Shibley on free-speech rights on N.C. college campuses; Terry Stoops on opportunity scholarships
Becki Gray on the new state budget; Thom Goolsby on taxing internet-based sales; Gov. McCrory praises outgoing budget director Art Pope; Mark Prak on proposed FCC changes to media ownership rules; Terry Stoops on education funding in new budget
RALEIGH — Every other state that has created an education lottery has implemented safeguards limiting and even outlawing raids by the legislature or the governor. Many have protected their lottery funding by making such diversions a violation of the state constitution. North Carolina lacks those protections.
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