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Lawmakers balk at proposed tax increases
Posted: Today at 1:02 a.m. Updated: 12 minutes ago RALEIGH, N.C. — State lawmakers were back in Raleigh Tuesday and ready to work on the budget. The General Assembly reconvened at noon Tuesday to allow lawmakers to adjust the second year of the two-year state budget that they passed last summer....
General Assembly returns to Raleigh
Posted: Today at 1:02 a.m. Updated: Today at 1:10 p.m. RALEIGH, N.C. — State lawmakers were back in Raleigh Tuesday and ready to work on the budget. The General Assembly reconvened at noon Tuesday to allow lawmakers to adjust the second year of the two-year state budget that they passed last...
General Assembly returns to Raleigh
Posted: Today at 1:02 a.m. Updated: 7 minutes ago RALEIGH, N.C. — State lawmakers are back in Raleigh and ready to work on the budget. The Legislature reconvenes at noon Tuesday to allow lawmakers to adjust the second year of the two-year state budget that they passed last summer. Budget-writers...
Money Matters - Raleigh (NC) News & Observer
Editorial: With only a slim budget surplus and with the clock counting down to campaign season, efficiency is in order at the General Assembly, which today begins its every-other-year "short session." Efficiency in allocating taxpayer dollars, efficiency in overseeing and improving state...
Easley's 'sin taxes' called unlikely -Raleigh News & Observer
He pushes teacher pay, mental health By Benjamin Niolet, Dan Kane and Mark Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers Gov. Mike Easley's plan to give teachers dramatic raises and spend $68 million to reform the mental-health system depends on his ability to sell increases of "sin taxes" to the legislature in...
Easley seeking taxes on smokes, alcohol - Associated Press
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Writer Offering the last budget of his time in office, Gov. Mike Easley said Monday lawmakers should raise the state's taxes on cigarettes and alcohol to boost teacher salaries to the national average and repair North Carolina's troubled mental health system....
Easley tax proposals greeted coolly
The money would help fund teacher raises and mental health services. (Credit: "By Mark Binker Staff Writer ") ... RALEIGH — Gov. Mike Easley's proposal to raise taxes on alcohol and cigarettes ran into nearly immediate skepticism from senior lawmakers Monday, who...
Key numbers in Easley's budget
Highlights from Gov. Mike Easley's $21.5 billion state budget proposal: ... STATE EMPLOYEES * Teachers would receive an average of 7 percent raises; school administrators would receive 6 percent. Easley would set aside $90 million for teacher bonuses and provides a...
Funds for mental health in governor's plan
But system needs more than money. ... But system needs more than money Gov. Mike Easley's proposed budget seeks to improve the state's troubled mental health system, shoring up local services and state hospital care. But Easley, legislators and others concerned about...
Money matters
Efficiency in allocating taxpayer dollars, efficiency in overseeing and improving state government, and efficiency in focusing on attainable goals. Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate will be looking to position themselves for the fall campaigns. Classroom compensation Overall, the...
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