by WSIC News | Feb 20, 2023 | WSIC State News
Economists in the Office of State Budget and Management and the NC General Assembly’s Fiscal Research Division released an updated consensus revenue forecast Wednesday anticipating an additional $3.25 billion in state revenues for FY 2022-2023, putting total state...
by WSIC News | Feb 17, 2023 | WSIC State News
North Carolina communities will soon receive a total of over $8 million in federal grants to help reduce traffic deaths. Twelve grants totaling $8.15 million will be distributed to a dozen cities, towns and regional planning organizations, thanks to the U.S....
by WSIC News | Feb 17, 2023 | WSIC State News
The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued more than 91,000 Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) certifications to employers in 2022, the department’s Workforce Solutions division announced recently. That represented a more than 13 percent increase in the number...
by WSIC News | Feb 16, 2023 | WSIC State News
The North Carolina House, in a 92-22 vote today, passed a bill that would increase eligibility for Medicaid in an effort to ensure affordable, accessible care for 600,000 North Carolinians. Today’s action comes in advance of the end of the continuous coverage...
by WSIC News | Feb 16, 2023 | WSIC State News
The Carolina Journal is reporting that a measure to require students to take a computer science course prior to graduating high school passed through the North Carolina House Education Committee February 14th. Under current law, high school students must take one of...
by WSIC News | Feb 16, 2023 | WSIC State News
The Carolina Journal is reporting that Rep. Erin Pare, R-Wake, filed a bill on Tuesday that would make Wake County commissioner races nonpartisan. House Bill 99 would also allow voters in each of the seven districts to choose who represents them. Currently, seven Wake...
