Money for three staff positions for the UNC Board of Governors (BOG) is included in the Senate proposed budget (SB 257), approved on May 22. The specific provision allocates ... Keep Reading
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Senate Budget Plan Includes Major Tax Cut, Spending Growth Rate Half of Cooper’s Plan
The North Carolina Senate’s budget plan would increase state spending at half the rate proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper and include a tax cut package projected to save taxpayers $1 ... Keep Reading
Highlights from the Senate Education Budget
The Senate released its recommended budget for the next two years. Spending for public education, K-12, community colleges and the UNC System, comprise the largest area of ... Keep Reading
Senate Releases Budget Plan; Includes Tax Cut, Teacher Raises
The North Carolina state Senate yesterday released their budget plan for the 2016-17 fiscal year that starts July 1. Total spending in the plan matches the $22.2 billion included ... Keep Reading
NC Senate Offers Budget Compromises, Introduces Taxpayer Bill of Rights to Restrain Spending
The Senate Finance Committee has been quite active these past two days. Late yesterday afternoon, they decided to remove key policy provisions from their state budget proposal. In ... Keep Reading
Senate Budget Would Eliminate Retiree Health Benefits for Future State Workers
A major provision in the Senate budget plan has received little attention before now. The Char-O has the details: Future state employees could lose one of the biggest perks of ... Keep Reading
Senate Budget Plan Would Repeal CON Laws
Among several differences between the House and Senate budget proposals is the Senate's inclusion of an elimination of North Carolina's Certificate of Need (CON) laws. Matt Caulder ... Keep Reading
Senate Releases More Conservative Budget Plan
Senate Budget Spends Nearly $700M Less than House, Cuts Taxes, Issues No Debt, Sets More Aside for Rainy Day, Trims Cronyism The North Carolina Senate this week ... Keep Reading
Senate Budget Plan Includes Sensible Provision to Evaluate Strings Attached to Federal Funds
In our recently published "Top Five in 2014" article, Civitas recommended North Carolina examine federal funds coming into the state and evaluate the strings attached. The state's ... Keep Reading
More on K-12 budgets
Confused about the differences between the Senate and Governor’s budget for K-12 public schools? The Office of Fiscal Research produced the following chart detailing where each ... Keep Reading
