Health Care More doctors needed Current estimates suggest East Carolina University can start construction late in 2024 on the Brody School of Medicine's new, $215...
Budget & Taxes House bill targets international wire transfers Republican legislators are usually fans of cutting taxes, and with legislative- and executive-branch economists agreeing the state's on track for...
Health Care Medical marijuana bill clears its first committee hurdle Sen. Bill Rabon's medical marijuana bill cleared its first committee hurdle on Tuesday and is likely to get a floor...
Budget & Taxes Legislators hear cautionary note on revenues Don't go counting your surpluses before they hatch. Fiscal Research Division economist Emma Turner didn't say that, exactly, to House...
Education UNC’s wish list The UNC System's Board of Governors is meeting this week and among other things is scheduled to ratify its fiscal...
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...
