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RALEIGH, N.C. -
The North Carolina General Assembly has approved a $19 billion state budget for the spending year that started a month ago.
The Senate and House voted Wednesday to give the budget final legislative approval.
Gov. Beverly Perdue said she would reluctantly sign into law the package that includes higher taxes and reduced services.
The budget leaves up to local school districts - now just weeks away from a new school year - to decide how to handle their share of $225 million in cuts.
Republicans complain that Democrats who run the Legislature chose to raise taxes during this recession when they could have made deeper cuts. But Republicans can't change the budget, which is a compromise of earlier versions.
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