Gov. Pat McCrory unveiled his proposed $21.5 billion budget Thursday, describing it as a conservative approach that makes cuts where needed in order to put money where it will have the most impact. The governor tried to keep the spotlight on education, emphasizing that more than $1 billion will have been spent on teacher pay during his first term in office, if the budget is adopted by the General Assembly. He said 56 percent of the budget would go to education.
The little taste of spring the Triangle enjoyed Wednesday will get pushed aside by another blast of cold air and possibly freezing rain and sleet Thursday.
Nation Hahn and Jamie Hahn exchanged ‘I love you’ over and over after she collapsed in a neighbor’s yard. Jonathan Broyhill, now accused of stabbing her, was still inside the couple’s home.
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Nearly 20 years and more than 100 pounds ago, this panhandler in the yellow knit cap, Ryan Hoffman, was a hulking offensive lineman for a North Carolina Tar Heels football team ranked in the top 10, a starting player renowned for his toughness and durability. Now his old Levis are so big that even a belt on its ninth notch can’t keep them from sagging below his hips.
Gov. Pat McCrory’s budget proposal provides money to support a plan that he couldn’t get through the legislature last year – one that would change how patient care is managed under Medicaid, the government insurance program for poor children, some of their parents, the elderly and the disabled.
The day after NC Chief Justice Mark Martin gave a rare address to the General Assembly imploring legislators to invest more in the financially struggling court system, Gov. Pat McCrory issued a spending plan for the coming fiscal year that would provide far less than Martin requested.
Gov. Pat McCrory’s budget plan would increase tuition at the state’s community colleges, give veterans in-state tuition rates and force the UNC system to find cuts of 2 percent, or about $50 million.
The state Senate will take up two controversial measures next week on the gas tax and Gov. Pat McCrory’s jobs incentives plan, following final votes in the House Thursday.
As I was reading through Gov. Pat McCrory’s 278-page budget, I started tweeting some of the economic and demographic stuff I was seeing. How geeky is that? Pretty geeky
Wake County school officials are delaying an announcement about which two Saturdays will be used as school makeup days until after they know for sure if classes will be held Friday. The new wintry mix of freezing rain and sleet could cause schools to close Friday.
Harrison Ford crash-landed his small vintage airplane at a Los Angeles golf course Thursday, shortly after taking off from a nearby airport and reporting engine problems.
The Delaware Attorney General’s Office announced Thursday it will not pursue criminal charges against NASCAR driver Kurt Busch for an alleged act of domestic violence committed last year against his ex-girlfriend, Patricia Driscoll.
Athens Drive senior Grace Hunter is the school’s all-time leading scorer. The fight she shows on the basketball court comes from being the youngest girl out of 13 kids.
The John M. Belk Foundation, based in Charlotte, has had as a long-term mission helping students, particularly those such as veterans and minorities, finish their higher educations. Many of those who have been helped had their educations interrupted for different reasons.
The state Senate will take up two controversial measures next week on the gas tax and Gov. Pat McCrory’s jobs incentives plan, following final votes in the House Thursday.
Kroger, the biggest grocery store chain in the country, reported better-than expected fourth-quarter earnings Thursday as it snatched up customers from competitors and built on existing business from Harris Teeter and Vitacost.com.
As I was reading through Gov. Pat McCrory’s 278-page budget, I started tweeting some of the economic and demographic stuff I was seeing. How geeky is that? Pretty geeky
They only lasted minutes, but the beatings of civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, permanently seared the inhumanity of Southern segregation onto the American conscience. The images were televised and captured in photographs: Police tear-gassed kneeling protesters, clubbed them and attacked them on horseback behind a civilian posse on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge. Five decades later, many were struck by the resemblance as police lobbed tear gas at protesters last year in Ferguson, Missouri. President Barack Obama, congressional leaders and civil rights activists will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the events in Selma this weekend.
Carl Edwards has made no secret that he hopes to emulate Matt Kenseth’s successful move from Roush Fenway Racing to Joe Gibbs Racing of two seasons ago.
Frank Kaminsky had 25 points on 10-for-15 shooting, Sam Dekker added 20 points and No. 6 Wisconsin became Big Ten regular season champions with a 76-63 victory over Minnesota on Thursday night.
