Medicaid gets $1B cut of state budget, SNAP $5.3M

Medicaid gets $1B cut of state budget, SNAP $5.3M

(The Center Square) – Medicaid is slated for $1 billion, SNAP for $5.3 million, and a new children’s hospital in the Triangle for $208.5 million in North Carolina’s $34.4 billion state budget.

State budget among 19 bills considered this week by Stein

State budget among 19 bills considered this week by Stein

(The Center Square) – Five bills are to be presented to the North Carolina governor for signing into law on Monday, four bills got his signature on Thursday, and 14 more were

Hurricane Helene relief appropriation $700M, pushes Legislature total to $2.8B

Hurricane Helene relief appropriation $700M, pushes Legislature total to $2.8B

(The Center Square) – In some hamlets of the mountains, the impact of Hurricane Helene isn’t easily seen anymore. Elsewhere, the need is only in the second of as much as five

Agriculture appropriation $186.2M

Agriculture appropriation $186.2M

(The Center Square) – More than $186.2 million is appropriated toward agriculture and agribusiness in North Carolina’s state budget.

Food, music, and plenty of red, white and blue

Food, music, and plenty of red, white and blue

(The Center Square) – Food, music and plenty of red, white and blue are available Saturday throughout the state at attractions large and small celebrating America’s 250th birthday.

K-12, higher ed snags more than half of $34.4B state budget

K-12, higher ed snags more than half of $34.4B state budget

(The Center Square) – Public school K-12 spending in North Carolina’s proposed state budget has the largest share of the $34.4 billion spending plan.