Barry Smith, Carolina Journal associate editor, analyzes the final 2016-17 N.C. budget deal, including average 4.7 percent pay raises for public school teachers. Smith offered these comments for the July 1, 2016, edition of UNC TV’s “Legislative Week In Review.”
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