RALEIGH — North Carolina revenue collections fell dramatically in April, the state’s chief bookkeeper says, as tax filing deadlines were delayed and commercial transactions slowed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The State Controller’s Office reported […]
RALEIGH – The two plans passed separately by the N.C. House and Senate will need to be resolved by legislative leadership before sending a final package to Gov. Roy Cooper for approval. Following yesterday’s Senate […]
There was a lamentable disco song in the 70’s that claimed “love is like oxygen.” That may be true. If it is, then having too much debt is like carbon monoxide. Debt is colorless, odorless and deadly to anything if allowed […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election-year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps and Medicaid to promise a balanced budget in 15 years […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly returns to Raleigh briefly on Tuesday with a short to-do list, topped by another Republican attempt to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the budget more than […]
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper is telling North Carolina public school teachers his side of the story about why the extended state budget impasse means educators haven’t received meaningful raises this year. Cooper’s office on […]
Last week, U.S. Attorney General William Barr told a University of Notre Dame Law School audience that attacks on religious liberty have contributed to a moral decline that’s in part manifested by increases in suicides, […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law two more bills that mimic portions of the state budget bill he vetoed in June. The Democratic governor announced Monday that he signed a […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republican legislators and Democrats led by Gov. Roy Cooper tried on Tuesday to bring renewed energy toward resolving a summer budget stalemate that’s drifted into fall. But their hoped-for outcomes […]
RALEIGH — State lawmakers in the N.C. House on Wednesday overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the state’s budget after a lengthy standoff. Few Democrats were present when Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) began proceedings on […]
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