The state Senate originally cut most of the money that paid for teacher assistants in public schools. Governor Beverly Perdue said that budget drastically cut education funds and ... Keep Reading
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Senate Budget Cuts Taxes and Ends “Temporary” Sales Tax Hike
The Senate $19.4 billion budget cuts taxes across the board on personal income. There are also a new tax exemption for small businesses of up to $50,000. One of the chief budget ... Keep Reading
House Budget Abolishes Trust Funds and Diverts Money
The spending plan written by House Republicans would significantly change who would make the decisions about how the proceeds from the national tobacco settlement are used. The ... Keep Reading
Fee Increases Complete Initial Work on House Budget
The House Finance Committee approved a package of almost $100 million in new or higher fees. That's the last bit of business on the House budget as the package heads back to the ... Keep Reading
Governor Perdue Using More Red Ink on GOP Bills
Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed two Republican bills Wednesday evening. One was HB7 allowing Community Colleges to opt out of federal loan progam. Here's a link to her statement ... Keep Reading
GOP leader and Governor Perdue Spar Over Job Focus
What Governor Beverly Perdue calls her "Jobs Tour" swung by Raleigh Thursday (April 7) to criticize Republicans in the legislature for not focusing on creating jobs. She said GOP ... Keep Reading
Among New Bills: Repealing Public Funded Elections and English the Official Language
Republican Senator Jim Davis introduced SB419, which would repeal public financing of campaigns in North Carolina. Appellatte judges and candidates for Insurance Commissioner, ... Keep Reading
A cap on the gas tax and eliminating gun permits among new legislative proposals
Among the new bills introduced in the legislature this week is a cap on the motor fuel tax (HB399). The flat tax rate on a gallon of gas is 17.5 cents. The variable wholesale rate ... Keep Reading
Second Attempt at Budget Savings Reaches Perdue’s Desk
Gov. Perdue vetoed SB 13, a measure to help close next year's budget gap by hundreds of millions of dollars, under the guise of protecting "economic development" funds. That, of ... Keep Reading
New bill would fund compensation for patients of the old eugencis program
Democratic Representatives Larry Womble and Earline Parmon introduced HB70 to set up a fund in the State Treasurer's office to compensate people who were sterilized in the state's ... Keep Reading
