NC budget alterations get initial Senate approval
RALEIGH — North Carolina budget alterations received initial approval Wednesday from the state Senate, their GOP authors emphasizing increased education spending and employee pay but Democrats blasting both plan content and the process.On a near party-line vote, senators voted 36-14 for a $23.9 billion proposal that adjusts the second year of the two-year state government budget approved last June. The spending plan starting July 1 would be nearly $900 million higher than the […]
