NC Budget

The superintendent of Wake County Schools has shared a budget proposal that would require a 9% increase in county funding to pay for school employee raises and other school improvements.

Perusse served as budget director for two other Democratic governors in Mike Easley and Beverly Perdue from late 2008 to early 2011. His top job is carrying out the annual state budget of $27.9 billion and other spending directives approved by the legislature.

On Monday, Governor Roy Cooper signed a nearly $28 billion state budget into law. On this episode of The Politics Podcast, WUNC reporter Liz Schlemmer offers some analysis on the K-12 public education portion of the budget.

WUNC's Jeff Tiberii and Dave DeWitt break down the biennial state budget

Educators will see more money in their paychecks this year from a combination of raises, bonuses and a new county-based supplement for teacher pay.

Tucked in the new state budget is an expansion of services for families of children with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. More than 28,000 families in the state qualify for state funding for in-home care like speech or behavioral therapies.

The North Carolina General Assembly wrapped up on Wednesday internal negotiations towards fashioning a two-year state budget, Republican lawmakers said. Now heavy lifting begins to see if acceptable changes for all can be made so Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will sign a final proposal.

North Carolina's resurgent post-pandemic economy could put an additional $6.5 billion over the next two years into state government coffers already swollen with cash, state economists said Tuesday.

Updated at 5:50 p.m. Jan. 18, 2020The UNC System Board of Governors is taking the side of the Republican-led General Assembly in its budget fight with…

State lawmakers met for a one-day session this week, but in the end, not much has changed. There is still no budget for the current fiscal year as…