Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses objections to North Carolina’s government-run state lottery. Kokai offered these comments for a Jan. 11, 2016, report on Time Warner Cable News.
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.