Rep. Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, and Jennifer Shelton, widow of a slain Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer, outline their concerns about misuse of North Carolina’s new Racial Justice Act. They delivered these remarks during a May 13, 2010, news conference at the state Legislative Building.
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.