State Treasurer Dale Folwell pushed legislators on Tuesday to take up his latest proposal to address medical debt collections and price transparency in our state’s complex health care system.
The N.C. Democratic Party posted larger fundraising numbers than its Republican counterpart during the first quarter of this year.
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Rep. Grier Martin’s resignation to take a job at the Pentagon means Wake County will get a new representative later this summer, and names of potential candidates are beginning to emerge.
Redistricting is back in the news this week thanks to a comment from House Speaker Tim Moore that the legislature might hold a December session to redraw congressional maps.
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There are a lot of unknowns about how this year’s budget process will play out. Reporters have been peppering House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger with questions about it during our daily after-session “press gaggles,” but there aren’t many concrete details to report at this stage.
Just about every business interest group can find something to like and dislike about the Medicaid expansion and “health care access” bill that passed the Senate last week.
Legislators are working on the next phase of the Medicaid Transformation shift to managed care. A new version of House Bill 144 unveiled Thursday would solicit bids from health care companies for a new “statewide children and families specialty plan” aimed at kids in foster care.
Only 10 senators voted against legalizing medical marijuana on Thursday, but the group represented a fascinating range of political ideologies. As one might expect, the “no” votes included some of the Senate’s most socially conservative members, such as Sens. Carl Ford, R-Rowan, Norm Sanderson, R-Pamlico, and Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan.
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The chairs of House and Senate budget subcommittees will meet soon to start hashing out the minutiae of the spending plan.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley got a warm reception Wednesday during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health Care Committee.
The N.C. Senate plans to vote on medical marijuana, but to understand why the measure will likely get blocked in the House, look at Wednesday’s House vote on legalizing hemp.
Once a taboo subject, the permanent legalization of hemp production, distribution and sales in North Carolina passed the Senate on Tuesday without a single “no” vote.
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