Avi Bajpai

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan |Avi Bajpai |Caitlyn Yaede |Jordan Schrader

Good morning and welcome to Under the Dome. The first clue came around noon when Gov. Josh Stein had nice things to say about the budget. It became clearer in the early evening. As a vote neared, the minority leader, Robert Reives, left the chamber with Republicans and returned to the floor smiling. And then just before 8 p.m., Democrats sealed it, voting in surprisingly large numbers for the Republican-authored budget.

1 month ago | charlotteobserver.com | Avi Bajpai |Caitlyn Yaede

Good morning and welcome to Under the Dome. I'm Caitlyn Yaede. Up first, a dispatch from Avi Bajpai on how the House GOP's budget plan was received on its first full day in committee. As House Republicans move their budget proposal through the chamber this week, Speaker Destin Hall and his top budget writers are stressing that the House is rolling out its spending plan a little differently than Republicans have done in the past.

1 month ago | charlotteobserver.com | Caitlyn Yaede |Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan |Avi Bajpai

Each week, join Dawn Vaughan for The News & Observer and NC Insider's Under the Dome podcast, an in-depth analysis of topics in state government and politics for North Carolina. Good morning and welcome to Under the Dome. I'm Caitlyn Yaede. As the week wraps up, the House unveiled much of its $66 billion budget proposal, which includes cutting millions of dollars' worth of vacant state employee positions and could bring tuition increases to UNC System schools.

1 month ago | newsobserver.com | Caitlyn Yaede |Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan |Avi Bajpai

Each week, join Dawn Vaughan for The News & Observer and NC Insider's Under the Dome podcast, an in-depth analysis of topics in state government and politics for North Carolina. Good morning and welcome to Under the Dome. I'm Caitlyn Yaede. As the week wraps up, the House unveiled much of its $66 billion budget proposal, which includes cutting millions of dollars' worth of vacant state employee positions and could bring tuition increases to UNC System schools.

1 month ago | charlotteobserver.com | Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan |T. Keung Hui |Avi Bajpai |Kyle Ingram

The North Carolina House rolled out its plan for cuts across state government on Thursday, including millions of dollars in state employee positions that are vacant. The plan would require a tuition increase for students at universities in the UNC System. The House, which is controlled by Republicans, held a series of hearings Thursday morning explaining how budget writers would spend about $66 billion in taxpayer money over the next two years.