With a deadline fast approaching at the end of the month, this could be the week that legislation legalizing hemp finally gets to the governor’s desk.

Compromise legislation over pricing transparency for the State Health Plan will likely get a concurrence vote in the House this week, but at least one of the state’s major hospital systems isn’t happy with the agreement between Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and State Treasurer Dale Folwell.

Four of Gov. Roy Cooper’s nominees are heading to a confirmation vote on the Senate floor, the final step to make their new roles official.

Legislation for the next phase of the Medicaid Transformation shift to managed care is heading back to the Senate floor after getting sent through committees a second time.

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House Speaker Tim Moore shot down an attempt from Rep. Larry Pittman, R-Cabarrus, to amend a bill that Pittman and a few other Republicans fear could pave the way for legalizing marijuana.

House Speaker Tim Moore has said he has concerns with the SAVE Act, the bill that would expand what advanced practice nurses can do without a doctor’s supervision. But a similar bill that addresses the role of physician assistants is moving forward in the House.

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.

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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Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley got a warm reception Wednesday during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health Care Committee.

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.