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A new online resources shows how the region's largest city allocates and spends its annual budget.
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May 23, 2013, No comments

A new web application can help Asheville residents analyze and drill-down data on the city’s yearly budget.

Click to view the state Senate's $20.6 billion budget proposal.

From education to public safety, WNC faces change in proposed state Senate budget

May 22, 2013, No comments

The $20.6 billion budget the Senate proposed Sunday is a massive 413-page bill that is as much a policy document as it is a spending plan with specifi ...

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State Senate budget proposal calls for new WNC crime lab workers, but workplace unspecified

May 22, 2013, No comments

Two Republican state senators are seeking funds for DWI toxicology and other case work at a new WNC crime lab in either Henderson or Burke county.

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Push continues to conceal NC gun permit information

May 21, 2013, No comments

One of the only surviving bills in the N.C. General Assembly related to gun control would close permit information to the public, making it nearly imp ...