Phil Berger’s big about-face on Medicaid expansion
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Month: May 2022
Folwell pitches medical debt collection legislation
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.
Poll Watch: Mixed news for Beasley
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.
Why Medicaid expansion might not be as likely as it seems
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.
State Health Plan’s big COVID costs
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.
Green Party getting close to ballot access
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.
Suspend the gas tax and use surplus for roads?
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.
Four N.C. primary runners-up to watch in the future
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UNC System’s plans for old Chapel Hill offices
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 […]
Poll Watch: 2024, already
It’s never too early to think about the 2024 governor’s race – or at least the pollsters and advocacy groups feel that way.
Could a sales tax holiday find bipartisan support?
N.C. Senate Democrats are proposing sales tax holidays as a way to help with rising prices.
NC-based donors outspent in primary
Tuesday’s primary wasn’t just a defeat for former Gov. Pat McCrory (who, adding insult to injury, announced Thursday that he has COVID). It’s also a big loss for the business leaders who made six-figure PAC contributions to get McCrory to the Senate.
A new legislator for Forsyth
In Forsyth County, Kanika Brown defeated Rep. Evelyn Terry’s husband, former Winston-Salem City Councilman Fred Terry, to win the seat that Rep. Terry is vacating after five terms in the House.
Election results vary on sales tax hikes
Here’s an interesting side note from the election: A deep red county voted to raise its sales tax rate, while a heavily Democratic urban county rejected a similar proposal.
First crop of new bills filed
The first day of the short session meant the opening of a relatively short bill filing window. Many of the bills filed Wednesday were appropriations bills, unlikely to move on their own but an attempt to get some allocations included in budget discussions.