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North Carolina received a “C” for poor fiscal management from the national nonprofit Truth in Accounting.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 12:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This pandemic has affected every corner of our state, including our state budget needs. For many families, it has also shifted their priorities.
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 @ 11:48 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Thanks to a decade of wise, conservative fiscal policy, North Carolina state government is better positioned financially to weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus shutdown.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 10:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A recession is coming, if it’s not already here, the state budget director at the N.C. Office of State Budget and Management told lawmakers in a meeting of the House Select Committee on COVID-19.
Published: Sunday, April 12th, 2020 @ 11:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, March 10, Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency for the state of North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Difference Between Current Continuation Spending Plan and Cooper’s Own Budget Proposal Are Not LargeContrary to what many on Jones street – or breathless capital news reporters – would have you believe, there really is very little difference between Gov. Cooper’s FY 2019-20 budget proposal and the “unofficial” spending plan currently being executed.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 12:03 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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At their January meeting The UNC Board of Governors lamented problems resulting from not having a state budget.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2020 @ 6:19 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Few people outside the bubble of N.C. state government seem to be paying much attention to the lingering impasse over a vetoed state budget.
Published: Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 @ 8:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Don’t despair North Carolina, despite continuing cries the state is without a budget — even after months of consternation, frustration, accusations, political wrangling, and dead–end negotiations.
Published: Friday, January 24th, 2020 @ 6:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly is going home without raising teacher pay and without passing a full budget.
Published: Sunday, January 19th, 2020 @ 9:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly met yesterday for a one-day session on the state budget.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2020 @ 2:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Education is already a huge issue in North Carolina and Gov. Roy Cooper and Democrats are intent on making it even bigger. Cooper and his party are gambling that the state budget impasse will keep the issue squarely on the front page of North Carolina policy and politics.
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2020 @ 11:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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An overhaul of North Carolina’s Medicaid system, approved years ago and weeks into enrollment, is being postponed indefinitely because funding for it was vetoed by Gov. Cooper.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 6:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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After 1,717 bills, nine vetoes and 186 new laws with the prospect of even more over the next few days, the legislature finally adjourned and ended one of the longest legislative sessions in recent history.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Republican leaders have snuck controversial language from the vetoed state budget into a must-pass bill to fund disaster recovery.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2019 @ 4:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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In response to the false narrative that has been printed and aired in many venues, I’d like to present the truth, the facts that are without dispute regarding the vote to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of the state budget.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 @ 6:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) announced earlier in October that the Senate would close out the long session by the end of the month.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2019 @ 9:23 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The General Assembly may finally end the months-long budget stalemate and override the governor’s veto of the budget.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2019 @ 7:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, Governor Cooper announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) had granted the Governor’s request for a disaster declaration for Carteret, Dare, Hyde and New Hanover and 10 other counties.
Published: Monday, October 21st, 2019 @ 12:13 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It’s been 100 days since Governor Roy Cooper and Democrats offered Republicans a balanced budget compromise.
Published: Friday, October 18th, 2019 @ 8:25 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper was in Asheville yesterday meeting with teachers to talk about the need for a significant teacher pay raise.
Published: Monday, October 14th, 2019 @ 3:19 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The fate of the budget veto override lies in the Senate, but don’t expect a vote any time soon.
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 @ 6:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Jason Saine, R-Lincoln, denied claims from Democrats and some media outlets that he helped carry out a plan to mislead House Democrats into not showing up to an early morning session so House Republicans could more easily pass a veto override of the budget.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 @ 6:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While a majority of the Democratic caucus was absent, Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 11 called for a vote to override the governor’s budget veto.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2019 @ 3:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s been five years in the making, and it’s almost free from the budget stalemate.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2019 @ 4:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House on Wednesday, Aug. 28, unanimously passed pay raises for state employees.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 6:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today marks 53 days since Governor Cooper and Democratic leaders presented a detailed budget compromise.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 5:47 pm
By: Governor's Office
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While the budget stalemate continues, lawmakers are working to pass pieces of the General Fund budget bill with measures that include pay raises for some state employees.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 11:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It has been 52 days since Governor Roy Cooper sent Republican leaders a balanced budget compromise offer that included an 8.5% teacher pay raise that would keep North Carolina competitive in teacher salaries.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 11:23 am
By: Daniel Bunting
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper insists Medicaid expansion be included in the General Fund budget, and the Republican-dominated General Assembly unequivocally refuses.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 8:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper insists that Medicaid expansion be part of North Carolina’s budget deal for 2019-20. Republican leaders of the legislature disagree.
Published: Friday, August 30th, 2019 @ 9:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley released the following statement:
Published: Friday, August 30th, 2019 @ 8:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It’s been 51 days since Governor Cooper presented a balanced compromise budget offer.
Published: Friday, August 30th, 2019 @ 7:30 am
By: Governor's Office
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis was flanked by N.C. House Speaker Moore, N.C. Senator Berger, and other eastern North Carolina Republican leaders as they highlighted the unacceptable pace at which Governor Cooper has allocated disaster relief for North Carolinians
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 @ 6:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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