Dallas Woodhouse, president of Carolina Rising, leads a May 19, 2014, news conference “welcoming” so-called Moral Monday protesters back to Raleigh for the first time during a new legislative session. Joining Woodhouse are Brian Balfour of the Civitas Institute, Rep. Paul Stam, R-Wake, Rep. Jim Fulghum, R-Wake, and Sen. Jim Davis, R-Macon.
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.