Budget & Taxes Legislators get update on Dueling Dinosaurs museum project A pair of dinosaur fossils – from a tyrannosaurus rex and triceratops found largely intact in Montana – will soon...
Health Care Montana Medicaid officials tepid on workforce program As I mentioned in yesterday’s newsletter, N.C. Republicans have voiced interest in states like Montana that have a workforce development...
Elections DeViere’s ex-consultant now works for opponent Months before Gov. Roy Cooper surprised many observers by endorsing Sen. Kirk deViere’s Democratic primary opponent, a consulting firm led...
Health Care Montana model could address Medicaid expansion concerns, Moore says Montana might be the most interesting parallel for North Carolina. That’s the state that House Speaker Tim Moore mentioned when...
Elections One more Senate primary to watch Two incumbent Democrats are facing off in Senate District 4, which includes Wilson, Wayne and Greene counties. Veteran Sen. Toby...
Elections Retiring N.C. legislator will stick around through May Veteran N.C. Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange, has decided to delay her retirement date from the House.
Elections Top 10 N.C. Senate primaries to watch Last week, we ranked the top 10 N.C. House primaries to watch as we rapidly approach the May 17 election...
Budget & Taxes Revenue department’s sole check printer aging out Every notice and check that the N.C. Department of Revenue sends out is printed on the same high-speed printer. And...
Budget & Taxes The “technical corrections” bill that does more than fix typos The title of the bill says “technical corrections,” but in keeping with legislative tradition the bill that passed the Senate...
Health Care New state veterans home opening soon The state’s newest nursing home for military veterans is behind schedule due to supply chain problems, but it’s set to...
Elections Cooper backs challenger over moderate Fayetteville senator Gov. Roy Cooper dropped a bombshell Tuesday into a state Senate primary most of us hadn’t been paying close attention...
Elections July 5 election possibility could pose problems House Speaker Tim Moore said Tuesday that the legislature will consider law changes related to this year’s election that were...
Health Care House GOP wants state of emergency to end The N.C. House Republican caucus sent a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday calling for the end of the...
Elections Top 10 N.C. House primaries to watch With many of the state’s new N.C. House districts skewing heavily Republican or heavily Democratic, odds are many districts’ winners...