state budget

Per the N&O: The UNC Board of Governors has launched a review of the more than 200 centers and institutes housed at North Carolina’s public universities. UNC board members ... Keep Reading

In the second installment of the Civitas Institute's new feature entitled "Waste of the Week," we spotlight the new Earle Scruggs Center, a museum dedicated to the deceased banjo ... Keep Reading

A press release put out by House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate Leader Phil Berger provides some details regarding their tentative budget agreement. Below is the text of the ... Keep Reading

Budget negotiators from the House and Senate have reportedly come to a tentative agreement on the main sticking points in state budget negotiations. The state House and Senate ... Keep Reading

More than two weeks into the new fiscal year and the NC House and Senate continue to struggle to come to agreement over how to adjust the second year of the two-year budget passed ... Keep Reading

The NC Senate last night rejected a proposed "mini-budget" that had last week been approved by the House. The main sticking point between the two chambers continues to be projected ... Keep Reading

State Budget Director Art Pope addressed the Senate Appropriations committee this morning under threat of subpoena. The issue addressed was Medicaid and the amount of funds the ... Keep Reading

From the N&O summary of yesterday's press conference: Gov. Pat McCrory and House Speaker Thom Tillis on Wednesday endorsed a new spending measure that separates top priorities ... Keep Reading

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

An item in Gov. McCrory's budget plan that would have utilized $60 million in federal funds to help finance the state's Medicaid budget has been rejected by federal regulators. ... Keep Reading