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N.C. Senate budget includes pay raises for state workers; fails to fully expand Medicaid
The Senate’s proposed biennial General Fund 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. Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and top appropriations chairmen held a news conference Tuesday, May 28, to announce key provisions of the budget. The proposal for...