Opioid settlement could bring $19M to NHC, $850,000 to Wilmington wilmingtonbiz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wilmingtonbiz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The state’s local governments have been surviving for years on pass-through payments from Raleigh and DC. Quite often, these payments are not “forever” gifts. They often have an expiration date leaving the recipients at the local level scrambling to find a replacement for said money when the spigot gets turned off.
According to the state treasurer’s office and the Local Government Commission, the chickens may be finally coming home to roost (as far as that practice goes):
At the April meeting of the Local Government Commission (LGC) members voted to recommend that the General Assembly repeal the charter of East Laurinburg. […]
Senators push for more transparency in government worker personnel records - Carolina Journal carolinajournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from carolinajournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Would you say that number again? Henderson County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bill Lapsley said when budget analyst Megan Powell reported the appropriation during the board s regular meeting Wednesday morning. I just wanted to make sure my ears were working.
Lapsley said he was concerned that some counties in a mad dash to spend the money quickly may later be told to give the money back.
Given the national debt, County Manager Steve Wyatt said that among the informal conversations from staff had been the idea of refusing to take the money. The federal government has no money, he said. It belongs to 330 million people.
Natural gas gets a pass in new bill to further curb local government authority ncpolicywatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ncpolicywatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.