Proposed spending for FY 2010 is $20.4 billion, $775 million more than actual spending FY 2009. Gov. Bev Perdue cut $1.7 billion in spending during fiscal year (FY) 2009 without causing further hardships in the state.
Start Building a Better Budget: Seven steps to saner state spending
by Joseph Coletti
Senior Fellow, Fiscal Studies, John Locke Foundation