Three members of the upper chamber and seven from the lower will serve as cochairmen of the conferees in negotiations to ...

"There are pretty significant differences between the House budget that is before us and the Senate budget we passed," said ...

Consolidating Iowa’s counties and benchmarking state employee benefits to those in the private sector were some of the ideas ...

The best that can be said about President Donald Trump’s blessing of Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel is that it blocks ...

With fears of economic pain ahead, lawmakers must align the House and Senate budget plans. Can they reach a deal before the ...

Tens of thousands of federal workers already were fired, left their jobs via deferred resignation programs or were placed on ...

The North Carolina House of Representatives approved a budget plan on May 22 for the next two fiscal years that would cut some vacant positions in the health department, loosen child care regulations ...

The North House of Representatives passed its version of the budget Wednesday evening. With 27 Democrats joining Republican ...

Representative Erin Paré (R-Wake) called the House's proposal for teacher pay "significant and historic" when she introduced the chamber's proposal at a press conference earlier this week.

Starting teacher pay in North Carolina would rise to $50,000 annually, master’s pay for educators would be restored, and the ...

It’s a common contention in debates over school funding: Districts spend too much money on central office staff and not enough on classroom teachers. Now, lawmakers in one state want to make it easier ...