The crux of the debate
It is no secret that the debate over taxes is holding up the passage of a state budget and threatens to prolong the legislative session well into July and maybe beyond. [Continue Reading...]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Senator David Hoyle on reaching a final budget agreement.
Congressman Howard Coble on the national health care debate
Barb Bradley with Action for Children NC on the real impact of the housing crisis
The best of both plans
How budget negotiators can resolve their differences
It’s “crunch time” again. As happens almost every year, North Carolina lawmakers have arrived at the moment at which the end of the fiscal year coincides with final budget negotiations to produce a series of urgent, down-to-the-wire talks between the House, Senate and Governor. At issue: what state government will spend and what it will tax over the next two years – or, in other words, the single most important bill that the General Assembly will adopt this year.
