NC Budget and Tax Center director Alexandra Sirota on the problematic new constitutional amendments

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of new constitutional amendments and the recent agreement on the state budget in North Carolina.

  Republican state legislative leaders made headlines in recent days by announcing that they have finally reached agreement on a new state budget. But even as that long overdue news was being made, the lawmakers also moved to advance a series of state constitutional amendments that would, if enacted, have massive implications for future state […]

People in this episode

Guest: Alexandra Sirota

Topics covered

• state budget
• constitutional amendments
• politics
• legislation
• North Carolina

Keywords

• budget
• tax center
• constitutional amendments
• legislative leaders
• North Carolina

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NC Budget and Tax Center, Republican state legislative leaders

Places: North Carolina

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