Governor Perdue is pursuing the idea of asking private companies to run some of the information technology infrastructure to save money. But the State Employees Association of ... Keep Reading
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State Budget Writers Should Turn Over a New Leaf
The teapot museum, the Randy Parton Theatre, the East Coast Drag Racing Hall of Fame and the "perfect Christmas tree." What do all of these things have in common? They have all ... Keep Reading
Government Hires Workers, College Students Pay
With college students facing rising tuition costs to compensate for lost general fund appropriations, which went instead to hire 894 additional government workers, every step ... Keep Reading
N.C. State Budget Increases Spending, Government Workers and Non-Voter Approved Debt
The 2010-11 North Carolina State Budget is now law. Check out the Civitas Institute's detailed summary of the bill here. ... Keep Reading
Just What NC State Government Needs – More Debt!
Tucked away in the 2010-11 state budget bill is the authorization of another $175 million in non-voter approved debt. The budget is on pace to be signed into law by Gov. Perdue by ... Keep Reading
State Budget to be Finalized This Week?
The N&O has some details about a tentative budget plan agreed upon by state lawmakers: Democratic lawmakers tentatively agreed on a final budget deal Saturday that would ... Keep Reading
State Senate committee passes video poker and sweepstakes ban
The Senate took a bill that came over from the House, gutted it and substituted language that would ban video poker and Internet sweepstakes cafes. House bill 80 was approved by ... Keep Reading
Will NC Budget Writers Come Up With a Back-Up Plan?
Gov. Perdue is calling for a back-up budget plan to be drafted in case federal Medicaid dollars don't materialize. Congress could blow a $500 million hole in the $18.9 billion ... Keep Reading
State Health Plan May be Terminally Ill
The N&O today reports on something I highlighted three weeks ago in my "North Carolina's Fiscal Tsunami" article: North Carolina's State Health Plan is in woeful fiscal ... Keep Reading
N.C. House Ready for Vote on Their Budget Proposal
The N.C. House of Represetatives are readying to vote on their 2010-11 recommended budget today. Because the budget requires two votes recorded on seperate days, House members will ... Keep Reading
