All assets associated with the tag: Budget 2015
A memo Thursday from the state Office of Budget and Management sides with Senate leaders, saying that educators are diverting money meant for reading programs.
Mark Binker
Confronted by senators on spending, Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson points to correspondence showing the state Department of Public Instruction made budget cuts and is sending literacy money to school districts.
Roughly half of the state's ferries are more than 20 years old, but money to replace the aging fleet is hard to come by due to recent transportation funding changes. Options include tolling ferries or taking money used for other projects.
Although North Carolina ranks highly as a desirable place to live and start a business, a personal finance website says the state is a less than desirable for teachers to work.
North Carolina's newly adopted state budget reserves $2 million for Western Governor's University, an online nonprofit school, to expand its presence here in the state.
The budget deal signed Friday by Gov. Pat McCrory includes a no-bid, three-year contract for solar-powered water mixers, even though early data from the pilot project in Jordan Lake is inconclusive at best.
Laura Leslie
North Carolinians will pay lower income taxes next year but they will pay more for some government services and pay sales taxes on many services for the first time.
Nearly three months after it was originally due, North Carolina has a new $21.7 billion budget.
When Gov. Pat McCrory signed off on the 429-page state budget bill Friday afternoon, 2015 officially became one of the most protracted North Carolina budget seasons in more than half a century.
Tyler Dukes and Matthew Burns
House lawmakers voted Thursday night and early Friday morning to approve the $21.7 billion dollar spending compromise passed by the state Senate earlier this week.
With the final version of the state budget now in hand, advocates say they remain wary about funding meant to reform mental health treatment in North Carolina prisons.
Tyler Dukes
Three Democrats lent their support to the state budget as it cleared the Senate 37-13 on Wednesday. The state House is scheduled to take action on Thursday and Friday.
The long-awaited state budget compromise lawmakers released this week includes an expansion to the so-called "terrorism exemption" in open records law that bars the public release of certain safety-related information.
The state Senate voted Tuesday on party lines, 33-16, to approve a $21.73 billion budget deal, less than 24 hours after the deal was unveiled.
Tucked into the 636 pages of the budget document unveiled late Monday is a provision targeting the state's largest abortion provider.
The state Senate takes the first of two required votes on the proposed $21.7 billion budget.
Many of the highest profile stories of the past few years have links to the state budget lawmakers will vote on this week. Links include a special tax-privileged savings program for people with disabilities, ongoing constitutional battles and support for a troubled university.
Senators are expected to vote on the $21.7 billion state budget today, while the House will take it up later in the week. The measure gives direction on how to handle the proceeds from the Dorothea Dix sale as well as hundreds of other instructions to state agencies.
Mark Binker and Laura Leslie
Legislative leaders on Monday unveiled details of their compromise $21.7 billion spending plan for 2015-16 - 76 days after it was due.
Laura Leslie, Mark Binker and Matthew Burns
More than 70 days past the original deadline, North Carolina lawmakers on Friday reached a tentative deal on a spending plan for fiscal 2015-16. But a disagreement apparently lingers over a tax package.
Top lawmakers say they will be ready to officially resolve a months-long budget standoff next week. Final details should be agreed to Thursday, according to House Speaker Tim Moore.
Although both House and Senate negotiators say they're making progress, leaders now don't expect a deal to be released before the weekend, with votes scheduled for next week.
Laura Leslie and Mark Binker
Despite working over the holiday weekend, House and Senate budget negotiators say significant differences remain unresolved as the extended deadline creeps closer.
Budget negotiators say they want to set aside more money for dredging. But as part of that agreement, a controversial coastal jetty law has popped up as a budget issue.
The latest budget offer from the state Senate is getting a cool welcome from House negotiators, even though it would fund some of their key priorities.
