Tag search result for: HB20-09

Some of Perdue's line items

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:51:31 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue's budget includes a few projects.

A 118-page summary of the governor's proposed $21 billion budget has a number of specific projects it seeks to fund:

* Fund UNC-Chapel Hill Biomedical Research Center: $10 million.

Three spending bills have solid support

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:12:19 -0500

Three spending bills are among the most popular in the House.

Proposed appropriations bills to teach children about the state's sterilization program, compensate its victims and run a Kids Voting program have more than 30 cosponsors.

Legislators have asked for $363m so far

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:20:37 -0500

State legislators have now asked for $363.2 million.

Eleven more bills filed since Dome last checked have added another $181.3 million in requested spending, even as the state faces a $2 billion shortfall.

The largest request of the most recent batch — or any bill to date — is $173 million for compensation of victims of the state's eugenics program. That's $154 million more than the amount requested in a similar House bill for compensation.

Legislators have asked for $74m so far

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:24:14 -0500

State legislators have already asked for $73.8 million.

Seven bills filed on the first two days of the session include spending requests for specific programs, even though the state could be facing a $2 billion shortfall.

The largest request so far is for $44 million to give public school teachers bonuses earned in 2007-08 that were not given out. The smallest is for $25,000 for the Southern Appalachian Historical Association to present the outdoor drama "Horn in the West."

Bill would compensate sterilization victims

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:34:18 -0500

A bill filed today would give victims of the state's sterilization program $20,000 each.

More House bills from day two

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:15:05 -0500

A few more bills have been filed in the House:

H.B. 15: Military Family Assistance Center / Funds, Rep. Cullie Tarleton