Old articles in The News & Observer from the planning and grand opening of the building – built because the legislature’s chambers at the historic Capitol were too small – offer some fun facts about the place.
Budget talks between top House and Senate leaders have been under way for weeks behind closed doors, but more details could begin emerging this week.
The Senate’s Medicaid Expansion and More Omnibus (my term, not theirs) cleared its first committee hurdle Thursday with quick passage in the Senate Health Care Committee.
The N.C. Dental Society wants dentists exempted from required participation in the state’s N.C. HealthConnex data-sharing initiative for health care providers. The exemption is part of a fast-moving bill rolled out Wednesday morning in a House committee.
As expected, the Senate’s proposal for Medicaid expansion includes four other health care policy changes long favored by key Republicans: Drastically reducing Certificate of Need health care regulations, requiring insurance coverage for some telehealth services, expanding the practice authority of advanced practice nurses, and a “surprise billing” transparency proposal.
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell has teamed up with a bipartisan group of House legislators on a new consumer protection bill addressing medical debts and bill collections.
A new East Carolina University poll out this week has bad news for U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley. It has Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd leading with 47%, while just 39% said they’d back Beasley and 12% were undecided.
Senate leaders have for months signaled their willingness to expand Medicaid, a key goal of Gov. Roy Cooper. What’s surprising about Monday’s news is that senators appear willing to debate a bill before a House and Senate study committee on the issue makes its recommendations.
The Department of State Treasurer, which administers health insurance benefits for state employees and retirees, recently tallied up the State Health Plan’s costs for COVID-19-related treatment and testing.
The N.C. Green Party said Friday that it has now submitted petitions with 17,000 signatures to get back on the ballot this fall, including 2,500 submitted in Wake County alone.
Senate Democrats want to use the state’s revenue surplus to temporarily suspend the gas tax, but they might not have buy-in from GOP leadership.
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The UNC Board of Governors plans to vote this week on the future of its vacated UNC System Office space on the edge of the Chapel Hill campus. The eight-acre site, which includes two office buildings totalling 80,000 square feet, has been vacant since last fall when the offices were moved to the Friday Center […]
It’s never too early to think about the 2024 governor’s race – or at least the pollsters and advocacy groups feel that way.
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