Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation director of communications, responds to suggestions from Gov. Beverly Perdue that she might veto a $19.7 billion state budget plan that cleared the N.C. House with Republican and Democratic support. Kokai offered these comments for a June 4, 2011, report on WTVD (ABC11).
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.