North Carolina Aims for a Deal
An extraordinary state budget surplus puts a historic deal within reach. But that would require the Governor and legislative Republicans to put an acrimonious history behind them.

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Jim Martin was a Republican governor of North Carolina, serving from 1985 to 1993. He was both preceded by and succeeded by Jim Hunt.
An extraordinary state budget surplus puts a historic deal within reach. But that would require the Governor and legislative Republicans to put an acrimonious history behind them.