U.S. Senator Kay Hagan was in Greensboro Thursday to meet with the North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition.
While chatting up the crowd, Mayor Bill Bell of Durham asked what was going on with the possible government shutdown if federal legislators cannot reach an agreement to fund government operations.
Hagan said she has heard people who say, “Bring […]
GREENSBORO — They all want to add jobs.
But first, city and state leaders will have to survive another difficult budget year.
“We are picking up the pieces now in North Carolina,” Gov. Bev Perdue told mayors and city managers Thursday at the winter meeting of the N.C. Metropolitan Mayors Coalition at the Proximity Hotel.
Perdue briefed representatives […]
GREENSBORO — The state’s economy and budget took center stage on day one of the North Carolina Metropolitan Mayor’s Coalition meeting.
There was considerable praise for the proposed budget of featured speaker Gov. Bev Perdue, which would balance the state’s books without seriously impacting the revenues of municipalities.
Perdue, mayors and city managers from the state’s 27 […]
The state would start using cameras to nab speeders around schools and road construction sites under new legislation filed by Rep. Rick Glazier. Glazier, D-Cumberland, wants a pilot program to authorize speed cameras in up to 15 school zones and 15 highway work zones at a time. It would continue for 15 years, with the […]
Gov. Beverly Perdue rolled out a budget plan Thursday that seeks to close a $2.4 billion budget gap by cutting 10,000 employee positions, consolidating agencies and programs and extending a temporary sales tax. Perdue said her $19.9 billion spending plan would make North Carolina more efficient while protecting the jobs of all teachers and teacher […]
The big news of the day was the release of the Governor’s proposed budget. Everyone is still combing through it, but the big items include keeping most of a temporary sales tax in place, cutting the corporate income tax rate, eliminating 10,00 state jobs (of which 3,000 are currently filled), an early retirement […]
An aide to Pres. Pro Temp Berger indicated today that the Senate Republican Caucus would likely be looking at capping the gas tax this session.
The gas tax is tied to the average wholesale price of gas, which means as gas prices climb the tax does as well. Each penny of gas generates about […]
First up is the possibility the Governor vetoes SB 13 Balanced Budget Act of 2011. The Governor has ten days after recieveing a bill to make a decision on what to do with it. Her options include signing the bill, letting it become law without her signature, or a veto. She was quoted over the weekend […]
Veto foreseen, but it’s a ‘fight worth having’ (News and Observer)
All indications remain that Gov. Bev Perdue will pull out the “veto” stamp this week and thunk it down on a bill, now on her desk, aimed at sweeping money from a range of accounts while also giving Perdue authority to make $400 million in […]
Golden LEAF spending decisions touch off controversy (Fayetteville Observer)
By Paul Woolverton
Staff writer
An $800,000 grant to provide iPod Touches for every child and teacher in grades five through eight in the Bladen County school system.
A total of $400,000 in grants for a horse park in Hoke County, where few people can afford horses.
A $100 million grant […]
