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Perdue: Don't pay for all vacant jobs

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:14:34 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue expects to save $150 million by not paying for vacant jobs.

Traditionally in North Carolina, the state budget has funded salaries for vacant jobs even though state agencies don't typically fill all of them.

But this year, Perdue proposes to reduce that to a number closer to what will actually be spent on salaries.

Perdue and per-pupil spending

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:37:22 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue proposes to raise per-pupil spending $139.

At a presentation this morning, Perdue proposed raising per-student spending from $5,597 to $5,736, putting specifics on a pledge she first made at her State of the State speech.

Guv's non-hug: Snub or flub?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:36:39 -0400

It's the Zapruder film of hugs.

Perdue to make major cuts

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:42:24 -0400

Major budget cuts are on the way.

Gov. Beverly Perdue will propose significant cuts in public services next week, as she faces the biggest drop in tax revenue in recent memory, her chief budget advisor said Wednesday.

"The decisions the governor has to make are some the toughest that have had to be made in the last 80 years," said Charlie Perusse, her budget director said at a briefing for the news media, Rob Christensen reports.

Budget panel up, but not running

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:00:32 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue's budget-cutting panel seems to be on hold.

During the fall campaign, Perdue pledged to create an independent and bipartisan panel of 15 citizens to suggest ways to trim state spending.

The State of the Twitter?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:29:55 -0400

It's fair to say that was the first State of the State to be tweeted.

Gov. Beverly Perdue's first speech to the legislature was touted as historic because she is the state's first female governor, but it may be recalled as well as the first to be micro-blogged on the popular site Twitter.

The table is set

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:38:32 -0400

Reaction from the pundits

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:26:02 -0400

Reaction from the capitol pundits on the State of the State:

* Conservative columnist John Hood said he appreciated Gov. Beverly Perdue's "call for fiscal conservatism" and an end to "business as usual" at the legislature, but wonders if state lawmakers are ready to follow.

Reaction from the capitol press

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:13:52 -0400

Reaction from the capitol press corps on the State of the State:

* Greensboro News-Record reporter Mark Binker said the speech was notable for what didn't happen. "You didn't hear a lot of push-back afterward," he writes, noting that Republican and Democratic legislators seemed reconciled to the deep budget cuts promised.

Perdue gives first State of the State

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:46:24 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue pledged to raise per-student spending even as the economy worsens.

In her first State of the State speech before the legislature last night, Perdue said she would include more money for secondary and elementary schools in her budget even as she cuts money for other programs.