Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, House Minority Leader Paul Stam, R-Wake, Rep. Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, and Rep.Sarah Stevens, R-Surry, discuss Gov. Beverly Perdue’s budget plan. They offered these comments during a March 19, 2009, news conference.
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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.