State Budget

Cullen Browder, WRAL – State lawmakers hope to capitalize on a $150 billion industry with investments of tax dollars to foster the growth of videogames and esports in North Carolina. “Raleigh is really …
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GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press — North Carolina’s extended budget negotiations will come to a head next week with the House and the Senate voting on a final spending plan, …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — With new congressional and legislative district maps approved, passing a state budget is the only major task left for the General Assembly this year. North Carolina hasn’t …
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Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, The Raleigh News and Observer – Four months into the new fiscal year, North Carolina’s most powerful elected officials finally sat down to meet and discuss the …
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Dawn Baumgartner Vaughn, The Raleigh News and Observer – North Carolina state budget negotiations are underway between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican leadership of the General Assembly. Senate leader …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — House Speaker Tim Moore said Wednesday that he hopes to get a House/Senate consensus state budget to Gov. Roy Cooper next week so that the next stage of …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — Stress is high in North Carolina prisons, with a functional vacancy rate above 30 percent in facilities across the state. It’s a chronic problem made worse by …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — State government will likely go into the fall without a new state budget providing employee raises and laying out major projects the state will undertake over …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — Some North Carolina teachers and their allies say the state has a shortage of teachers in every core area, and they’re calling on lawmakers to boost …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — Despite fiery rhetoric inside and outside the House chamber, House lawmakers voted 72 to 41 Thursday to give final approval to their $25.7 billion budget plan. Nine …
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