Two versions of a bill to establish a student vote on the UNC-system Board of Governors have sat motionless in their respective chambers of the state legislature for three weeks. The UNC Association of Student Governments and its legislative allies have tried since 1997 — unsuccessfully — to get its president a vote on the board.
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As an inexperienced legislature tackles state budget cuts, UNC officials say it will be even more important to explain how the University’s budget works.
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Former UNC School of Government Director John Sanders, who also helped reorganize and revise the state’s constitution in 1968, studied documents from the 1930s and reported on the state’s handling of extreme budget cuts.Sanders said legislators could use the strategies used by legislators during the Depression in determining cuts this year.
Read More »Already beleaguered by years of budget cuts and facing morerumored to go as high as 12 percent, UNC-system officials are upping their lobbying efforts. The system’s lobbyists are regularly meeting with legislators and their staffs to emphasize the statewide economic benefits of universities in the form of research at campuses that results in the generation of new businesses.
Read More »Census data released for the state Wednesday will kick start a legislative power that could give Republicans the political advantage for many years.
Read More »With the terms of 16 UNC-system Board of Governors’ members ending this year, Republican legislators might use this opportunity to flip the Democrat-leaning board in their favor.
Read More »Following the introduction of a bill in the N.C. General Assembly that would ban gay marriage in the state, many opponents of the legislation are relieved to hear they at least have President Barack Obama’s support.
Read More »Gov. Bev Perdue can expect some changes to her budget proposal as Republicans in the N.C. General Assembly prepare to take an active role in shaping the state’s budget.
Read More »Public universities across the state are gearing up for competition from for-profit institutions.The UNC-system Board of Governors has been charged by the N.C. General Assembly to license non-public education institutions, including for-profit schools.
Read More »N.C. Governor Bev Perdue focused on improving the education system in her second State of the State address — her first to the Republican-controlled legislature — on Monday night.
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As drastic budget cuts loom, student government leaders from across the state beset the N.C. General Assembly Wednesday to plead for minimal cuts to the UNC -system schools.
Read More »Students from across the state are gathering at the N.C. General Assembly today to lobby legislators for minimal cuts to the UNC-system’s budget.
Read More »Some legislators believe that to make up for the $3.7 billion shortfall, state legislators might approve a budget with cuts so deep that Gov. Bev. Perdue will want to veto the bill.
Read More »At a meeting Tuesday, the Committee on Scholarships, Awards and Student Aid discussed a potential repeal by the N.C. General Assembly that could make merit scholarship funds more scarce.
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The N.C. General Assembly reconvenes today with a new Republican leadership ready to tackle a $3.7 budget shortfall and a number of contentious issues that could have a direct impact on students. This will be the first Republican-controlled state legislature since 1898, which could mean a constant tug of war between the state’s Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue and the GOP leadership.
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Alcohol sales in North Carolina have been under state control for 74 years. But a Republican-led N.C. General Assembly could approve legislation to privatize the system, translating to $300 million in one-time revenue for the state through the sale of required licenses for businesses.
Read More »As the University system prepares for one of its toughest years in history, its Board of Governors today will tackle two big issues facing students — the rising cost of tuition and the depleting funds for financial aid.
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A bleak budget climate prevented the Democratic N.C. General Assembly from appropriating funds toward capital projects at UNC for the current fiscal year. After a Nov. 2 election that handed the assembly to the Republicans for the first time since 1898, University officials fear that politics will become yet another obstacle in the quest for funding.
Read More »Eleven new pieces of N.C. legislation go into effect Dec. 1, tightening the reins on issues ranging from handgun permits to Medicaid fraud. Here is a breakdown of three of the new laws and how they could affect the Triangle area:
Read More »Universities across the UNC system are proposing tuition hikes well above the average in response to the state’s expected $3.5 billion budget shortfall. And with the change in control of the N.C. General Assembly, the final cost, as well as where the revenue from the increases will go, remains unknown.
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