Sen. Thom Goolsby, R-New Hanover, discusses a bill he has filed to end North Carolina’s de facto moratorium on carrying out the death penalty. A bipartisan group of district attorneys joined family members of North Carolina murder victims for Goolsby’s March 13, 2013, news conference.
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.