Sorting out what last week’s election means–especially since North Carolina Republicans lost their General Assembly supermajority. In the N&O, Colin Campbell argues the urban-rural divide grew wider: North Carolina’s urban-rural…
Carolina Journal reports on one of the more competitive races this election season: One of the more high-profile state House of Representatives races in the Nov. 6 general election is…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal: The Cooper administration hasn’t seen eye-to-eye with Republican lawmakers over Medicaid reform. He began negotiating Medicaid expansion with Obama administration officials without legislative approval…
Carolina Journal reports: The General Assembly’s newly created subcommittees to investigate the pace of spending on recovery efforts for Hurricane Matthew and the unusual side fund negotiated by the Cooper…
Winston-Salem Journal’s Richard Craver reports Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Solutions is suing the state of North Carolina to continue paying CEO Richard Topping a salary of more than $600,000: Cardinal, the…
I attended the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice yesterday afternoon (10/10/17). Below are notes that I took that highlight the meeting’s discussion: Link to Presentations Secretary…
News & Observer reports on the $30,000 appropriation for Cleveland (N.C.) for “downtown revitalization.” Problem is–Cleveland–located in Johnston County outside Raleigh–has never incorporated, so there is no downtown: North Carolina…
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way has the very latest on N.C. budget actions. Rep. Nelson Dollar, R-Wake, gave an impassioned defense of the $23 billion bipartisan General Fund budget compromise Wednesday…
Reporter Kari Travis has an in-depth Q&A with Rep. Nelson Dollar of Wake County. Among the questions to, and answers from, one of the top budget writers in the House:…
Preserving legislative integrity and maintaining public trust were central to a legislative debate led by state Rep. Julia Howard, R-Davie, on Tuesday. It was an important conversation to embrace, and…
CJ reports on yesterday’s ‘anything but quiet’ budget rollout in the General Assembly. Who’s making the noise? You guessed it—Rev. William Barber, not quite riding off into the sunset. Here’s…
Fact checking WRAL’s teacher pay documentary