Source:  Lynn Bonner, NEWS & OBSERVER, 6/4/11


The N.C. House tentatively passed a $19.7 billion budget Friday with enough support to override a possible veto by Gov. Bev Perdue.

Democrats said the budget will harm education, the UNC system, health care for the poor and other public services. Havoc will be wreaked "more than you can imagine in this state," said Rep. Mickey Michaux, a Durham Democrat.

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