With the bill filing deadline passing on Wednesday, attention turned this week to the Senate’s proposed 2014-15 spending plan – one that not only fails to provide state employees with a meaningful pay raise, but also reduces the recommended cost-of-living adjustment for state retirees recommended in Gov. Pat McCrory’s budget proposal.
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The state Senate released its proposed 2014-15 budget late last night, turning its back on state employees and retirees, doing nothing to improve upon the small pay increase offered by the governor, and lowering the already small recommended retiree cost-of-living adjustment.
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A smoking cessation program. A fully equipped gym. A healthy nutrition program.
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Work continued at the General Assembly this week with several hundred bills filed already and more expected by Wednesday. SEANC’s professional lobbying staff is reviewing all bills to ensure that state employees and retirees and the vital public services they provide are protected.
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The public services that state employees provide are as diverse as the needs of North Carolina’s nearly 10 million residents. Among those are services to residents who are hearing or visually impaired.
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The Department of Public Safety confirmed this week what SEANC has said all along – privatization of prison maintenance is a losing proposition for the state and for taxpayers.
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Congratulations to the 76 percent of EMPAC-endorsed bipartisan candidates who won their primaries and are moving on to the November ballot.
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Mental health in North Carolina is a vast and complex field – one that intertwines public and private agencies and providers. The complicated network is a result of the reforms begun in 2001 and continued and adjusted through today.
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In SEANC’s third installment of our series on public health, we are taking a look at the State Laboratory of Public Health.
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SEANC is continuing to recognize areas this month where state employees are working to improve public health. This week we are looking at North Carolina’s Oral Health Section of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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