Tag search result for: tuition

Free tuition deal may be cut

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:07:59 -0400

For years, the state Senate promoted and protected the free UNC tuition taxpayers grant graduates of the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics.

Kay Hagan, a former state senator from Greensboro who is now in the U.S. Senate, was the free tuition creator and champion, Lynn Bonner reports.

Watchdog: College PACs are big donors

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:06:02 -0500

A campaign finance watchdog says university boosters are big givers.

Bob Hall, president of Democracy North Carolina, announced today that two political action committees tied to trustees and boosters of UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State have given heavily to state legislators.

Harrison targets tuition break

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:28:12 -0500

Rep. Pricey Harrison wants to end a tuition break for out-of-state athletes.

Taxes in Hagan's 2003 budget

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:29:25 -0400

What taxes were in the 2003 budget?

The first budget partially negotiated by state Sen. Kay Hagan included $14.8 billion in spending, a $400 million increase from the previous year.

Google suggests ... Perdue

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:00:17 -0400

Voters have the most questions about Beverly Perdue.

According to Google Suggest, the Democratic candidate for governor turns up the most patterns of searches of the gubernatorial candidates.

Type in "Bev Perdue" here and you get "bev perdue for governor," "bev perdue campaign," "bev perdue north carolina" — similar to the results for her Democratic and Republican rivals.

Chelsea answers audience questions

ryanteaguebeckwith — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:12:18 -0400

Chelsea Clinton dived into specific programs her mother has proposed.

After a brief introduction at the Young Democrats convention today, the former first daughter began answering audience questions on a variety of topics.

She earned loud applause from the audience when she said that Hillary Clinton has proposed eliminating the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form, which college applicants must fill out in order to receive college aid, in favor of a checkbox on your tax form.

Perdue hits Moore's tuition attack

ryanteaguebeckwith — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:40:10 -0400

Beverly Perdue struck back at Richard Moore's recent ad at the Young Democrats convention.

Speaking before a lunchtime audience at the convention in Research Triangle Park, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate said she first heard her rival's ad attacking her for voting for tuition increases while preparing a ham at her home in New Bern the Thursday before Easter.

Perdue regrets 'beer' quip

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:20:23 -0400

Beverly Perdue regrets making a joke about "beer and party money."

The candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination told reporters at a water forum that she did not intend to downplay a proposed $200 tuition increase 15 years ago.

Claims Dept: Moore's tuition ad

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:01:00 -0400

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Moore is airing an ad attacking rival Beverly Perdue's votes on college tuition, Ben Niolet reports. Click here to watch the ad.

Moore's ad on Perdue, tuition

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0400

A recent ad by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Moore attacks rival Beverly Perdue's votes on college tuition.