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On the Chopping Block: On the Chopping Block

In June 2011, North Carolina lawmakers approved a state budget in the dead of night that deeply cut a range of public investments. On the Chopping Block is meant to capture the full effect of…
Government cuts push NC unemployment past 10%: Government cuts push NC unemployment past 10%

(ABC11) RALEIGH -- As expected, steep cutbacks in state and local government budgets has pushed North Carolina's unemployment rate past 10 percent.

The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina said the jobless rate hit 10.1 percent…
Farewell Party to NC's Progress: Farewell Party to NC’s Progress

Farewell Party Presentation for NC’s Public Investments

6/15/11

Thank you all for coming to our going away party! Today, we're bidding farewell to something we all love: good old North Carolina.

You see, the budget passed last night…
Together NC Statement on House Budget: Together NC Statement on House budget

Together NC Statement on House Budget

RALEIGH (May 4, 2011)--The deep cuts included in the House budget abandon our state’s traditional commitment to education, economic growth and innovation in favor of an inflexible and ideological approach…