Some A-B Tech employees could face layoffs if county government doesn't help address a roughly $500,000 budget deficit, college administrators warned. The shortfall comes after commissioners in June voted to give Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College some $6.8 million for its annual contribution, about $750,000 less than what it requested — and after negotiations between the two entities on how to handle long-misspent tax revenue that was intended to fund campus construction.
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