WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – More than $20 million in public funds across five southeastern North Carolina counties sits in limbo due to vacant state positions, according to new data from a state dashboard tracking job openings.
The new long-term state vacancies dashboard, created by the State Auditor’s Office, tracks state jobs that have been open for at least six months. It adds up lapsed salaries, which are public dollars budgeted for salaries, but are instead spent in other areas, or in some cases, not at all. The data is broken down by agency, county, position and salary.
In southeastern North Carolina, most of those vacancies are within the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the Department of Adult Correction…