Budget & Taxes The cost of keeping up the governor’s mansion The conservative North State Journal publication had an eye-popping statistic recently: The state has spent $2,569,459 on repairs and renovations...
Elections Few debates this year in legislative elections I wrote earlier this week about the lack of debates in congressional races across the state. But there’s a similar...
Budget & Taxes Wilson wants to fix imbalance in outdoor recreation Reid Wilson, secretary of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, says there’s another side to the environmental justice...
Elections National Democrats spending big to help Don Davis By most metrics, North Carolina’s 13th district congressional race (Republican Bo Hines versus Democratic N.C. Sen. Wiley Nickel) is considered...
Elections Campaign Spotlight: House District 25 Republicans have fallen short for several cycles in their efforts to win more legislative districts around Wilson and Rocky Mount....
Elections No debate in key congressional races Speaking of debates, Friday’s event may have been one of only two televised debates in North Carolina this year. In...
Elections Senate debate features politeness, few fireworks I’ve got a confession to make: I didn’t watch Friday’s U.S. Senate debate live. I was out to dinner with...
Health Care DHHS explains Medicaid Transformation delay N.C. Department of Health and Human Services officials said Tuesday that they didn’t have “legislative authority” to delay the scheduled...
Health Care Will N.C. expand Medicaid before thousands lose benefits? Here’s an additional wrinkle to the timing of the legislature’s (potential) decision to expand Medicaid.
Budget & Taxes Child care industry calls for help next year Speaking of staff-related challenges, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services also heard Tuesday about a “fiscal...
Health Care DHHS sees staff vacancies skyrocket The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has seen its staff vacancy rate doubled since the beginning of the...
Elections Poll Watch: Issue preferences The latest High Point University poll took a unique approach to polling voters on the key issues in this year’s...
Elections Elections board looks to address bad behavior The State Board of Elections is still worried about potential problems at polling places involving partisan observers and others who...
Elections Beasley’s big challenge in only U.S. Senate candidate Tonight is debate night – and the only debate night scheduled – in the U.S. Senate race. Most of the...
