Gov. Roy Cooper has given a high political profile to the discharge of the GenX chemical compound into the Cape Fear River
Published: Sunday, August 20th, 2017 @ 8:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state Department of Health and Human Services proposes to expand Medicaid and restructure the state's controversial mental health provider networks, Secretary Mandy Cohen said Tuesday
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 @ 3:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly tried but failed Thursday to clean up its act
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2017 @ 1:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House and Senate Republicans are stuck in a debate about oversight of the state's largest mental health provider and who will control mental health services for hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians
Published: Thursday, July 13th, 2017 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House Education Budget is Pretty Good
Published: Thursday, July 6th, 2017 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Certificate-of-need reforms were left out of the final budget compromise passed by the General Assembly
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 8:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Senate panel passed legislation Thursday to accelerate mental health Medicaid reform and free up nearly $1 billion in frozen assets to provide more behavioral health services
Published: Sunday, June 18th, 2017 @ 6:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thirty-eight amendments consuming nearly eight hours of debate (including a few extended breaks) wound up changing few minds
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2017 @ 2:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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General Assembly budget writers have a monumental challenge this year that they haven't faced in the past four. A Democrat in the governor's mansion
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2017 @ 12:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $22.9 billion General Fund budget plan released Tuesday by Senate Republicans would increase spending over the two-year budget cycle by less than Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s plan would in its first year alone
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2017 @ 3:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill that would increase access to information about the costs, benefits, and consequences of college degrees available in North Carolina passed the state House on Wednesday by a vote of 101-16 and has been placed on Monday's Senate calendar
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 3:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The NC General Assembly is moving quickly toward resolve its 2016 budget. The House & Senate have each passed its own version of House Bill #1030 (the budget bill).
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state Senate on Monday gave its initial approval to what Sen. Jerry Tillman called a "clean-up bill" for charter schools
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 @ 6:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Opponents of the proposed high-occupancy-or-toll lane project along Interstate 77 sense a bit of momentum after a bill ordering the N.C. Department of Transportation to cancel the project's contract overwhelmingly passed the House
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2016 @ 4:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Early Friday morning, the state Senate approved its version of the $22.2 billion General Fund budget, setting the stage for negotiations with the House on a spending plan that legislative leaders hope will be completed before the new fiscal year begins on July 1.
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 7:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate leaders on Tuesday began unveiling their $22.2 billion General Fund budget, including a nearly 20 percent pay boost for teachers over two years, a middle-class tax cut, and a tuition freeze for UNC system students
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In less than 21 days, including the Thanksgiving holiday, Congress pushed through a bill that is over 1,000 pages long and has at least 391 pages worth of changes in it from the original version.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 8:17 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Years of federally driven testing reform and a botched rollout of sweeping, federally incentivized standards have tried the patience of the American people
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 2:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, President Barack Obama vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016, which recently passed both chambers of Congress with strong bipartisan support. Following the president's decision to veto the NDAA for FY16, North Carolina Senators...
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 4:48 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Republican legislative leaders finally unveiled their proposed biennial state budget. (Geez, it's about time, folks.) The budget is now subject to votes by each legislative chamber and action by Governor McCrory.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 4:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Under Tillis' amendment, the C-130Hs cannot be removed from Fort Bragg unless the following leadership approvals indicate our national security and readiness of the global response unit will not be jeopardized.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 4:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We expect that the official Conference Report will be ready on Sunday night. Please note that it has to be posted online for it to be read-in on Monday.
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2015 @ 3:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Reversing eight years of state policy, the McCrory administration is restoring requirements that able-bodied adults without dependent children must work to continue receiving food stamps in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 9:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NC Legislature is looking to increase spending. We need to contact our reps and tell them to remain fiscally conservative.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 @ 3:31 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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While charter schools continue to attract students and expand in record numbers, the current legislative session can best be described as a mixed bag for the 148 charter schools and 64,000 students who attend them.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 9:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently wrote to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter expressing concern over comments made by some Air Force senior leaders instructing commanders at Fort Bragg's Pope Airfield to "open up the clearing house to undermine the personnel structure" of the 440th Airlift Wing.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 2:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Concerns about the costs of a fiscal transparency measure in the Senate budget raised by local governments and some McCrory administration officials are misplaced, says Sen. Andrew Brock, R-Davie, who introduced the plan.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the last few weeks, debates in the North Carolina legislature have focused on the budget and the stark differences between the House and Senate versions. This week I would like to discuss more of the politics of the budget process and what that means for spending measures.
Published: Saturday, July 4th, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is the first state to lose a voter photo ID case and the Republicans in the state legislature were the deciding factor.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 2:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A Senate bill that would relieve a southeastern North Carolina planning organization from financial consequences resulting from the use of the controversial Map Act passed the House on Wednesday and will return to the Senate.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 2:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is the first state to lose a voter photo ID case and the Republicans in the state legislature were the deciding factor.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2015 @ 2:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Incredible. It is amazing that something that is sooooo common sense is having such difficulty navigating through the conservative revolution
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 8:33 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A bill that would allow the state to gather more detailed information on why teachers leave the state and the profession - a topic that has become a political football for both parties - is in conference committee as lawmakers attempt to resolve differences in the House and Senate versions.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 10:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce sponsored a health care breakfast panel where three North Carolina hospital CEOs talked about how competition brings out the best in their health systems. Competition is healthy. Competition is a beautiful thing.
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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