Sen. Eddie Goodall, R-Union, leads a March 19, 2009, news conference discussing the potential benefits of televising legislative sessions. Other speakers are Connie Book of the Sunshine Center at Elon University, Jane Pinsky of the N.C. Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform, Damon Circosta of the N.C. Center for Voter Education, and Rep. Ric Killian, R-Mecklenburg.
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State forecasts $1.4 billion budget surplus
The North Carolina General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division projects that while inflation and interest rates are still up, the state will have $400 million over in collections in the current fiscal year and $1 billion additional revenue coming into the state coffers in FY 2024-25.