JLF Report Urges ‘Reverse Logrolling’ Approach to N.C. Budget Deal

RALEIGH — North Carolina legislators can maximize their flexibility for tax reform and unanticipated Medicaid spending by using a "reverse logrolling" approach to the final state budget deal. That's the conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. This approach would lead to surpluses of almost $600 million in the new budget year that starts July 1, and almost $1 billion in 2014-15, before taking tax reform into account.