Health Care Blue Cross goes to court To the surprise of no one, particularly in state Treasurer Dale Folwell's office, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of N.C....
Budget & Taxes The long session’s few new ideas The first few weeks of the long session have been full of bills we’ve seen before – from legislation previously...
Budget & Taxes Bill targets “housing market manipulation” Housing markets in North Carolina's major cities, like their counterparts elsewhere in the U.S., seemingly suffer from the classic inflationary...
Elections New leader of N.C. Democratic Party faces an old challenge The N.C. Democratic Party has new leadership, but key legislators say new Chairwoman Anderson Clayton and her team face an...
Budget & Taxes More Labor Department inspectors? Workplace safety advocates have long voiced doubts that the N.C. Department of Labor has a sufficient number of inspectors to...
Health Care Treasurer targeting hospital executive pay State Treasurer Dale Folwell plans to turn up the heat again on the state’s hospitals at a 10 a.m. press...
Education HBCUs could get boost from new legislative caucus A bipartisan group of legislators packed into the General Assembly press conference room Wednesday morning to voice their support for...
Elections Democrats to vote on leadership this weekend Democratic Party leaders from across the state will meet this weekend to elect their state party chair – a contest...
Health Care House to vote next week on Medicaid expansion bill The House plans to vote next week on expanding Medicaid, but it’s unclear if the legislature is any closer to...
Budget & Taxes House looks to recycle a recycling bill Rep. Harry Warren, R-Rowan, hopes the third time will be the charm for his bill to add new incentives for...
Budget & Taxes Two appointments confirmed in Senate The Senate unanimously confirmed two key appointments by Gov. Roy Cooper during its first voting session of the year Tuesday.
Education Amendment could have three-fifths support A proposed constitutional amendment to elect the State Board of Education gained a critical supporter from the minority party on...
Health Care State Health Plan details reasons why Aetna beat Blue Cross State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s team released public records Tuesday that detailed how Blue Cross Blue Shield lost its contract administering...
Health Care Newborn ‘surrender’ law getting an update Senators want to tweak the state’s “safe surrender” law that allows parents of newborns to give up their babies without...
Elections Will Regan run for office? A persistent rumor in political circles these days is that EPA Administrator Michael Regan, the former secretary of the N.C....
