If you love fiscal sanity, prepare to be sorely disappointed this week. Again. The Committee for A Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) calls the most recent budget deal expected to be passed by the Senate and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump and congressional leaders have announced a critical debt and budget agreement that’s a victory for Washington pragmatists seeking to avoid political and economic tumult over the possibility of a […]
RALEIGH — Chances that a budget standoff between Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will be resolved soon appear small enough that GOP legislators are looking to spend more funds to keep state government […]
RALEIGH — Debate over a narrow spending package to help North Carolina’s government operate in the new fiscal year turned into finger-pointing over a broader budget impasse. The House unanimously approved on Wednesday what Republican […]
RALEIGH — The GOP-controlled state House scheduled for Monday an override vote on Cooper’s budget veto. Only three Democrats sided with House Republicans during a final budget vote last week. Republicans will likely need more […]
In his first two years in office Governor Cooper held a press conference surrounded by his far-left supporters to announce his intention to veto the budget passed by the General Assembly. And this year, for […]
RALEIGH — Governor Roy Cooper (D-NC) on Friday vetoed the recently-passed state budget, setting up a veto override battle with GOP majorities in the General Assembly. The $24 billion budget was passed on Thursday with […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina budget negotiations can begin in earnest after the House formally rejected the Senate’s two-year spending plan. The House declined Tuesday to accept the Senate budget approved last week. The House approved […]
GREENVILLE — The chancellor of a school in the University of North Carolina system has imposed a hiring freeze because of a $16 million budget shortfall. News sources report East Carolina University interim chancellor Dan […]
Candidates on the campaign trail routinely make this bold proclamation: “I will never compromise!” Have they ever heard about The Great Compromise of the Constitutional Convention of 1787? The Missouri Compromise? The FDR/Robert Doughton compromise […]
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