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Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Subcommittees were still scheduled to meet when the top Republican budget chairs in the N.C. House and Senate filed bills Tuesday that was loaded with surprises and also expectations. House Bill 584 and Senate Bill 500 has the short title “The Governor’s Budget.” The longer titles says the bill is a base budget for state operations “and other purposes.” (more…)
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Friday, March 11th, 2011
The Appropriations Committee working on the state education budget now is looking at options to trim $1.4 billion from operations of public schools, community colleges and the university system. These cuts would offset the loss of revenue from the one-cent sales tax that expires June 30. Some of the public school options:
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