NC’s pension fund is showing stronger results, while Briner is urging workers to supplement those public benefits with savings of their own.
State auditors found questionable taxpayer-funded spending, outdated financial controls, and oversight failures in Cary's town government.
NC lawmakers advanced the state budget in initial House and Senate votes, setting up possible final passage Thursday.
County managers across the five counties cited many of the same fiscal pressures: rising costs, school funding needs, public safety demands, slower revenue growth, and uncertainty over state and federal funding.
A bill which would increase transparency regarding the increase of property taxes is advancing through the Senate.
Washington’s deficits — running nearly $2 trillion a year, about a quarter of federal spending — are too large to close by eliminating fraudulent claims, improper payments to households or businesses, and malfeasance by government contractors. But we still should.
A sharply divided Asheville City Council approved a $275.8 million budget on June 9 after a contentious debate that exposed deep disagreements over taxes, spending priorities, and the city's financial future
The Local Government Commission agreed in April to postpone a state takeover of Rocky Mount’s finances contingent on the city complying with specific requirements.
In our latest CJ Poll, one of the highest concerns among voters was Social Security and Medicare, the two behemoth entitlement programs that seniors rely on after retirement.
As the General Assembly gets ready to come back to Raleigh next week, Democratic Gov. Josh Stein said that while the budget framework the General Assembly created is a step in the right direction, he said he would like to see the actual budget go further when it comes to compensating public servants who "do the people’s business."
Gov. Josh Stein is calling a proposed constitutional amendment to lower the state’s constitutional income tax cap from 7% to 3.5% "a con, a cynical shell game and a millionaire protection cap" that will only hurt the average North Carolinian and benefit the wealthy.
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