Participants in the Take Back Our State Tea Party June 3, 2009, learned more about state governent issues during a briefing with experts from the John Locke Foundation, Civitas Institute, and Americans For Prosperity.
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.