Source: Craig Jarvis, NEWS & OBSERVER, 5/10/17


While Gov. Roy Cooper proposed in his budget to speed up the permit process by hiring more people in the Department of Environmental Quality, the state Senate wants to reduce the agency’s workforce and de-fund some programs. DEQ would lose 45 ½ full-time positions under Senate Republicans’ budget proposal.Among the currently filled positions that would be eliminated: the chief deputy in the administrative services division, a senior adviser for policy and innovation, a legislative...

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