state workers
Coverage of state workers in the Nexus archive.
- Stein signs NC budget, boosting state workers’ pay
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signed the state budget, providing raises and bonuses for state workers and retirees while enabling new projects. The budget received bipartisan support after over a year without a new budget. Stein also signed a modified version of Iryna’s Law, shifting some involuntary commitment evaluations to jails and extending outpatient treatment duration.
- New NC budget includes tax cut and raises for teachers, law enforcement, state workers
North Carolina's new budget includes an 8% average raise for teachers, a 13% average raise for law enforcement, 3% raises for most state workers, and a three-year income tax rate reduction from 3.99% to 3.49%.
- Officials’ ‘Grab And Go’ Taking Of Girl Leads To $950,000 Payout
State and Kauaʻi County workers coordinated the removal of a fifth grader without her mother's knowledge or a judge's order, resulting in a $950,000 payout. The incident involved the unauthorized taking of the child, which led to a financial settlement.
- Gavin Newsom’s delivers brutal message to workers fighting July 1 return to office mandate
Gov. Gavin Newsom is enforcing a return-to-office mandate requiring 100,000 California state workers to work four days a week starting July 1. Unions warn this could lead to a 'mass exodus' of employees.
- State Workers Fight Newsom’s Return-to-Office Mandate
Gov. Gavin Newsom reinstated a mandate requiring state workers to return to the office four days a week. State workers are opposing the mandate through a Senate hearing to advance a bill promoting stronger telework standards and greater flexibility.