NC Gov. Josh Stein continues to push his message of getting what he calls a $1.4 billion ‘critical needs budget’ in place before the General Assembly’s short session begins on April 6, but has escalated the figure to $2.8 billion in a post on X.
With a focus on public safety, Democratic Gov. Josh Stein took the message of his $1.4 billion critical needs budget to Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte Thursday afternoon.
State legislative leaders want the new judge in the Leandro lawsuit to cut the case’s outstanding education spending obligation to $377 million. That’s $300 million less than other parties in the case have recommended.
The N.C. Supreme Court should reject a trial judge’s decision to move hundreds of millions of dollars out of the state treasury to pay for education-related expenses. That’s the key argument in a brief submitted by the John Locke Foundation and N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law.
Editor’s note: This developing story was last updated Monday afternoon with reply briefs. Last update: 5:05 p.m. Plaintiffs and N.C. Justice Department lawyers are urging a judge to order $795 million in new state education spending. Legal briefs filed since Friday confirm agreement from both groups about whittling down the size of a $1.75 billion...
The fight over $1.7 billion in court-ordered N.C. education spending is heading to a new judge. Court records confirm that the long-running legal case known as Leandro is heading to Special Superior Court Judge Michael Robinson. Robinson takes over from retired Union County Judge David Lee. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby made the switch...
The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to jump back into the state’s long-running school funding legal dispute. The court wants a trial judge to assess the impact of the new state budget on a $1.7 billion order for additional state education spending. A Supreme Court order issued Monday evening grants requests from both N.C. Attorney...
RALEIGH — Representatives in North Carolina’s House passed a budget Friday morning despite being unsure whether the federal government would provide all the money the state expects. No Republicans voted for the spending plan.
