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Merging some community colleges would save over $5 million annually according to a proposal from the Program Evaluation Division. The division is recommending consolidating 22 ... Keep Reading

Wake County Superior Court Judget Howard Manning has presided over a case about funding for low wealth schools since 1994. He has constantly pronounced economic slumps are no ... Keep Reading

I support the Democratic governor's veto of the state budget. No, not Perdue's. That was a shameless bit of overdramatic politicking. I'm talking about Governor Jerry Brown in ... Keep Reading

Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed the $19.7 billion budget approved by the General Assembly Sunday. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) released this statement in ... Keep Reading

The Obama administration's Department of Health and Human Services has challenged a new Indiana law that prohibits federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion ... Keep Reading

The Senate's "compromise" budget bill (isn't it interesting that "compromise" always involves spending more of our money?) is expected to receive its third and final vote of ... Keep Reading

The Senate passed a $19.7 billion compromise budget by a vote of 31-19. Democratic amendments went down by the same county. Those amendments included restoring funding for the ... Keep Reading

Under the Dome is reporting that Jim Crawford (D-Granville), one of the five Democrats who supported the House Republican budget has asked that Golden LEAF Foundation be able to ... Keep Reading

At a packed May 26 press conference, Smart Start promoters joined with members of the Democratic minority in the NC House in attacking the Senate and House proposals to reorganize ... Keep Reading