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A new North Carolina forecast from the General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration expects revenues during this fiscal year and next to be higher than what's projected in the current state budget.
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NC House Speaker Tim Moore says the legislature should add $300 million to the state's private school voucher program to address higher-than-expected demand for help paying tuition.
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State health officials told a legislative oversight committee Tuesday that more money will be needed to fix critical staffing and financial shortfalls facing North Carolina's childcare and mental health facilities.
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Earlier this year, WUNC reported on a teacher who lost her teaching license because she struggled to pass a licensing exam. ‘Ms. Art’ is an elementary art teacher who struggles with testing anxiety. Now, a policy that passed as part of the state budget offers a solution to keep teachers like her in classrooms.
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North Carolina’s state budget is getting passed later and later. What that means for your tax dollars.
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The state House and Senate voted Thursday afternoon to pass a long-delayed $30 billion spending plan. The House took a final vote in a rare midnight session, with the Senate finalizing the bill Friday morning.
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After months of negotiations between House and Senate Republicans, the legislature has finally released its budget agreement on Wednesday afternoon.
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Some business leaders question including a $500 million fund for innovation in state budget.
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State lawmakers are supposed to pass a budget by July, but debates between Republican leaders are dragging into the fall, affecting schools.
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A disagreement over new casinos is leading to more delays for North Carolina’s overdue state budget.