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Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina state government would boost its savings reserves and set…

Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina legislators could save nearly $500 million in the next…

RALEIGH — The John Locke Foundation’s “Back to Basics” state budget proposal would shave 10 percent of total spending from North Carolina’s budget plan. It also would set state…

The budget proposal outlined here reduces appropriations in fiscal year (FY) 2009-10 to $18.8 billion, $2.6 billion less than the final budget for FY 2008-09, and similar to the budget for FY 2006-07. In this proposal, per-capita spending adjusted for inflation of $1,969 remains higher than in FY 1997-98 or any year before.

RALEIGH – North Carolina lawmakers could cut taxes, slice $1 billion from the governor’s budget plan, and still spend more money on top priorities. That’s according to the John Locke…

Freedom Budget 2007 continues the tradition of John Locke Foundation alternative budgets that revise the governor’s Continuation and Expansion budgets.

Freedom Budget 2005 continues the tradition of JLF alternative budgets that revise the governor’s Continuation and Expansion budgets. If an item is not included here, the authors accept the governor’s proposal. This includes all pay raises for state employees and some tax changes. The specific recommendations detailed in this report are made as additions or subtractions from Gov. Easley’s budget.