Usually it is Republicans, not Democrats, who talk about being more conservative in state spending. But after Hurricane Helene, and recovery in Western North Carolina that is expected to cost tens of ...

North Carolina’s consensus revenue forecast came out Friday afternoon, which sets the stage for how much money the state is expected to be able to spend this year. After years of sunny forecasts and ...

But he vetoed another measure and will let the legislature's annual "regulatory reform" measure become law ... North Carolina Railroad, a private corporation whose stock is owned by the state.

The North Carolina legislature's own fiscal research division projected the state budget will have a structural deficit by 2027. A UNC System spokesman said NC State initiated the hiring freeze ...

The state's top budget writers believe tax cuts favored by Republican legislative leaders are setting North Carolina on a path ... to stop it from becoming law. The report concludes that even ...

North Carolina’s state budget will be ... The fiscal year begins July 1. If the state does not pass a budget into law by then, the spending levels stay the same as the previous year.