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.
Read More »An amendment to the state constitution to ban gay marriage might have more favorable chances of being passed next year. Many Republicans, including N.C. Sen. Blake Harris, R-Harnett, believe a bill to ban gay marriage will be passed if it’s brought before the Senate because Republicans now have a majority in the N.C. General Assembly.
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N.C. Republicans celebrated a victory 112 years in the making Tuesday night. Republican candidates won enough seats to gain the majority in the N.C. Senate, which they have not had since 1898. Unofficial results also show Republicans gaining the majority in the state’s House of Representatives.
Read More »Student body presidents from across the UNC system will discuss strategies to lobby the state legislature at the Saturday meeting of the Association of Student Governments. ASG, an organization of student leaders from around the UNC system, is trying to persuade the N.C. General Assembly to send revenue generated from tuition increases back to universities.
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