Today @dawnbvaughan and I published several articles looking more deeply into the new #ncpol state budget 🧵
✅ Why it prioritized the Rainy Day Fund (instead of tax cuts or extra spending)
✅ Millions in pork projects
✅ The public had no chance to even try offering input
✅ Why it prioritized the Rainy Day Fund (instead of tax cuts or extra spending)
✅ Millions in pork projects
✅ The public had no chance to even try offering input
Inflation concerns have North Carolina lawmakers wanting to learn lessons from 2009, and make sure the state has billions in savings in case of another recession #ncpol #ncga newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
The new budget doesn’t put all of NC’s excess revenue into savings. There are 1% or 2% raises for teachers and state employees on top of raises already planned, for example.
And then there’s the pork.
My analysis? It’s good to be in charge. #ncpol newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
And then there’s the pork.
My analysis? It’s good to be in charge. #ncpol newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
How did NC’s nearly $30 billion spending plan come together?
What big initiatives did Republicans initially propose but then cut, or tweaked?
What would Democrats have tried to change?
We don’t really know. It all happened entirely in secret. #ncpol newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
What big initiatives did Republicans initially propose but then cut, or tweaked?
What would Democrats have tried to change?
We don’t really know. It all happened entirely in secret. #ncpol newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
This was only the second time in recent memory, going back decades, that the budget has been shrouded in such secrecy. The first time? 2018. Some gov’t transparency advocates worry it’s becoming a trend.
Here’s what we wrote about it back in 2018: amp.newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
Here’s what we wrote about it back in 2018: amp.newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
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