Scott Mooneyham, columnist for The Insider State Government News Service and the Capitol Press Association, discusses the possibility of state government job cuts in 2009. Mooneyham delivered these remarks during his Jan. 5, 2009, presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of John Locke Foundation events, click here.
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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.