NC Senate Budget Lean On Dollars, Hefty On Policy Changes
The two-year North Carolina government budget proposed by Senate Republicans is one of the longest in recent memory, full of policy changes that contrasts with GOP declarations that the proposal is fiscally lean.
The full Senate Appropriations Committee voted Tuesday for a spending proposal that would spend $21.5 billion next year — less than 2 percent higher than the current year.
McCrory Reaches Out To Public For Support On Borrowing $3B
With Republican lawmakers looking elsewhere for money for roads and infrastructure, Gov. Pat McCrory is asking the public for support to push his plan to borrow $3 billion for public works projects.
McCrory spoke at an engineer's luncheon in Raleigh on Tuesday, asking them to call their legislators to get two bond bills each worth $1.5 billion on the November ballot.
NC House Agrees To Remove Controversial Gun Provisions
A divided North Carolina House has decided to keep requiring people who want to buy a pistol to get permits from their local sheriff, despite efforts by many Republicans and gun-rights groups to repeal the mandate.
The House gave tentative approval Tuesday to a measure that makes several changes to North Carolina's gun rules. Some of them ease restrictions on people legally allowed to hold concealed weapons.
Greensboro City Council Appoints Newest Member
An attorney who also serves on the city's Minimum Housing Standards Commission is the newest Greensboro City Council member.
The News and Record reports the council voted 7-2 Tuesday to appoint Justin Outling to replace Zack Matheny, who stepped down from his District 3 seat after four terms.
Outling will finish Matheny's term, which ends this year. He says he plans to run for the position in the November election.
Teacher Quits After Reading Story Of Gay Couple To Class
A teacher has resigned after reading his third-graders a story about a gay couple, sparking controversy in a small North Carolina town.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that Omar Currie of Efland-Cheeks Elementary School read "King & King," about two princes who fall in love after a student was called gay and told he acted like a girl.
The newspaper says assistant principal Meg Goodhand gave him the book. A school committee upheld using the book. But three people filed complaints.
Greensboro Breaks Temperature Record
Greensboro's been hotter, but never this hot on June 16. The News and Record reports that by 3 p.m. Tuesday, it reached 97 degrees, erasing the old record of 96, set in 1914.
Farther east in the state, the sizzling weather sent temperatures into triple digits in much of the state. Benson reached 102 degrees. Spring Lake and Four Oaks reached 101. Goldsboro, like a dozen other communities, reached 100.
The high temperatures put much of eastern North Carolina under a heat advisory Tuesday.
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