Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the latest developments in North Carolina’s state budget debate. King offered these comments during the June 14, 2024, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
As the pinks, purples, and whites of blooming dogwood trees paint the landscape and a blanket of yellow pine pollen settles over everything, signaling the unmistakable arrival of springtime in North Carolina, another significant event is near — the “short session” of the state General Assembly. Yet, amidst the seasonal renewal, there is a healthy...
Two bills have been filed — one by a Democrat, the other by Republicans — that would terminate the Interstate 77 toll agreement in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties. Mecklenburg County Democratic Rep. Tricia Cotham, who is a candidate for the 12th Congressional District, filed one of the bills. The Republican bill was filed by Mecklenburg...
The state’s top three Republicans — Gov. Pat McCrory, Senate leader Phil Berger, and House Speaker Tim Moore — agree that state General Fund spending should rise by no more than 2.9 percent in the 2016-17 budget they expect to adopt in the General Assembly’s short session. Berger and Moore say they can accomplish that goal and...
Terry Stoops on teacher pay ideas from Gov. McCrory & Lt. Gov. Forest; Fred Barnes on N.C.'s Senate race; Dan Forest on teacher pay endowment; Jim Clarkson on impact of electric utility regulation on consumers; Rick Henderson on N.C.'s Supreme Court race
Becki Gray on legislative short session; legislators debate targeted tax incentives; Dale Folwell on I.D. requirement for unemployment benefits; Mike Hager on energy-related legislative plan; Ardis Watkins on SEANC hiring of pension plan investigator
RALEIGH — Education budget writers will have new money to spend when the General Assembly opens its short session May 9. Increased tax revenue — and the first fruits of the state’s new education lottery — would appear to give lawmakers breathing room in revising the second year of the state’s two-year budget passed last session.
