Perdue vetoes proposed budget
Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue has vetoed the state budget proposal authored by the Republican leadership in both the N.C. House of Representatives and Senate.
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Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue has vetoed the state budget proposal authored by the Republican leadership in both the N.C. House of Representatives and Senate.
The chances of an additional tuition increase for UNC-system schools appear to be slim to none.
UNC-system President Thomas Ross advised against supplemental tuition increases at today’s Board of Governors meeting after state legislators did not address tuition in their proposed state budget.
A compromise reached before the N.C. Senate votes on its own version of the state budget means more funding for UNC-system schools.
Although not as deep as a 17.4 percent cut, the latest proposed reduction in state funding would still puncture the academic core of universities, UNC-system administrators say.
Lobbying at the N.C. General Assembly is a waiting game.
The Republican leadership in the N.C. Senate unveiled its budget proposal today in the six appropriations committees, recommending a 12.4 percent cut of $359 million in state funding for the UNC system.
North Carolina seceded from the Union 150 years ago today, beginning the state’s involvement in the Civil War.
The latest row between WakeMed Health and Hospitals and UNC Health Care has placed the UNC system and looming state budget cuts at the center of the fray.
WakeMed Health and Hospitals sent a letter to UNC-system President Thomas Ross today offering to purchase Rex Healthcare, a subsidiary of UNC Hospitals.
As the N.C. Senate prepares its version of the state budget, UNC-system administrators are hoping legislators will provide some relief for universities that would bear the brunt of education cuts.
After months of lobbying and preparing, administrators received bad news from the state legislature earlier this month.
As N.C. residents scrambled to file tax returns Monday, UNC-system schools waited to learn if a possible surplus in revenue could offset proposed cuts in state funding.
It might have not been as high as 30 percent, but it was enough to scare UNC-system administrators.
The Republican leadership on the N.C. House appropriations subcommittee on education has proposed a 15.5 percent cut for the UNC system for the next two fiscal years.
UNC-system administrators have been reviewing their institutions’ budgets for months in preparation for losing millions more in state funding.
Fearful administrators can only speculate about the impending damage universities will sustain as the N.C. General Assembly deliberates funding cuts for the UNC system.
With the Republican-led General Assembly aiming to deepen cuts outlined in Gov. Bev Perdue’s budget proposal, UNC-system officials plan to intensify their lobbying efforts.
Bringing a decisive finish to a student body election season embroiled in complaints and controversy, Mary Cooper emerged unscathed as the winner Friday with a sweeping 62 percent of the vote.
Nearing the conclusion of a contentious election season, both student body president candidates said they were relieved to focus on the issues in their final debate Wednesday.