Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation communications director, responds to Gov. Beverly Perdue’s latest executive order banning state executive branch employees from accepting gifts from private contractors. Kokai’s comments appeared in an October 1, 2009, WNCN (NBC17) report.
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.