N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, outlines key details of the 2011-13 state budget plan that’s likely to head to Gov. Beverly Perdue’s desk Saturday. Tillis also addresses the extension of unemployment benefits and questions about redistricting. Tillis offered these comments during a June 3, 2011, news briefing.
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Sparks fly as NC Senate committee OKs bill to fund waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships
The North Carolina Senate Appropriations Committee moved forward with a bill Wednesday that would fund scholarships for the estimated 54,800 applicants on the waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships.