Monthly Archives: May 2009
N.C. House budget plan drops shortened school year
Banking commission paid $500,000 in bonuses last year
NC House Democrats say proposed cuts are for real
Bill increasing raffle prizes heads to governor
Time for leaders to lead
The budget battle lines are more clearly drawn every day at the General Assembly. House leaders, still refusing to budge on their decision not to consider raising new revenues to balance the budget, determined instead to make unprecedented cuts to public schools and human services. [Continue Reading...]
A model for the nation
The news in North Carolina has been pretty grim of late. Here in Raleigh, the state faces a record budget shortfall and lawmakers have been seriously considering a plan to dumb down public education by cutting thousands of teacher jobs and even shortening the school year. Meanwhile, our new and comparatively high energy governor has little to say on this – the most important of all matters on her plate. [Continue Reading...]
