Berger pointed out that a two-year budget law is already in place to operate state government — with or without adjustments for the second year. But he acknowledged that language in the law still requires the General Assembly to pass a separate law to im...
DCBA Raises Funds for Law School Scholarships The Durham Bar Foundation’s Inaugural Benefit raised over $21,000 for the Adam Lischer Memorial Scholarship Award fund and other legal-industry philanthropic endeavors […] Read More » 18th Annual 4ALL-Lawyers on Call The North Carolina Bar ...
State government has a 20 percent personnel vacancy rate, but the governor’s proposed 2 percent pay raise for state employees isn’t getting any passing grades. The House says they want to give them much larger raises. Step six is when the House considers the Senate budget, then passes a ...
Federal “stimulus” funds helped to partially bail out the state budget. Other funds came from arguably the largest tax hike in state history in 2009, which hit many North Carolinians especially hard. Thousands of state employees were laid off, including teachers, while teachers...
at NCDOT. State Auditor Beth Wood released a blistering report on the spending at NCDOT. The audit found that NCDOT had overspent its budget by about $742 million. The audit also found that the NCDOT had given employees about $39 million more in raises than was authorized by st...
The budget, Imran said, is the fifth budget in a row which was not passed by the elected legislature of Jammu and Kashmir. “The exercise itself raises a question why an entire populace of nearly 1.40 Cr people continue to remain without a representative Assembly. An elected Assembly could ...
Free Essay: Over the course of my seventeen years of life, I have gradually come to realize, as a species, we humans have lost something. I do not know when...
It's the latest legal dispute tied to implementation of the state Fiscal Integrity Act of 2014. It was designed to fight"pension spiking."That practice occurs when employers give employees large pay raises near the end of their careers that boost their retirement benefits. Critics argue...