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Total spending cuts- $148.7 million Total budget- $2.2 billion JPS appropriations in the Senate budget proposal include roughly $23.8 million funded through the American ... Keep Reading

Massive $1.1 Billion Proposed Tax and Fee Hike Will Deepen North Carolina Recession, Hit Poor the Hardest; Increase Year-Over-Year Spending by $400 Million The FY 2009-10 ... Keep Reading

Budget Will Actually Increase Spending by Half a Billion Dollars Raleigh, NC – The FY 2009-10 North Carolina $20.861 billion state budget plan (SB 202) soon to be voted on ... Keep Reading

Throughout the ongoing state budget negotiations in Raleigh, lawmakers have frequently cited that North Carolina is in the midst of a massive “budget crisis” – ... Keep Reading

According to Civitas’ July polling, after just seven months in office, Governor Bev Perdue’s favorability rating has fallen to 30 percent.  This low number is ... Keep Reading

At a recent meeting of the Jennette’s Pier Advisory Board, Aquarium Division Director David Griffin offered an update regarding funding for this project.  Although our ... Keep Reading

Due to this year’s substantial budget deficit, North Carolina House and Senate earmark requests are down from recent years, but many of the proposed uses of taxpayer money ... Keep Reading

Since the 1999-2000 school year, North Carolina has hired 16,680 new teachers. In addition, 9,867 new non-teaching positions have been created. Are more taxes the only option ... Keep Reading

Each year bribery takes place in North Carolina’s government. Under the guise of ‘economic development’, taxpayer financed bribes are offered by state and local ... Keep Reading

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