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Things that make you go hmmmm…
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2025 @ 9:39 am
By: David Hudson
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When government decides to buy something, cost increases are sure to follow. One reason is that people are generally less cost-conscious when they’re spending other people’s money. Government decision-makers are people spending revenues collected from other people.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 6:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Members Give the Go-Ahead to a Host of Projects Around the State
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 5:10 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Lower access to health care, higher tax burdens add up to ‘bad medicine’ for N.C.
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2022 @ 4:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. Senate passes Medicaid Expansion Bill 44-2 on Wednesday. H.B. 149 also includes the SAVE Act, which would address needs in rural areas and giving nurses more independence, and partial repeal of some Certificate of Need Laws
Published: Wednesday, June 8th, 2022 @ 1:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday the N.C. General Assembly’s Senate leadership announced a health care proposal that includes Medicaid expansion under the federal entitlement program, the Affordable Care Act.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Members Also Vote to Approve Series of Infrastructure, Building Projects
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Local Government Commission to Vote On Other Infrastructure, Building Projects
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 1:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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New study shows state budgets getting slammed by Medicaid costs
Published: Sunday, February 27th, 2022 @ 6:07 pm
By: John Steed
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In the game of chess, the pawn is the lowliest piece in the game. In life, a pawn is a person used by others for their own purposes.
Published: Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 @ 9:56 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Andy Puzder explains at FoxNews.com why Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s climate policy would prove disastrous for the American economy.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 @ 12:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, JLF’s Joe Coletti wrote a research brief on how North Carolina could use its funds to respond to the economic fallout of the Coronavirus.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 11:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We are all working to cope with the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in China, and the virus’s escalation into a global pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 @ 12:20 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina continues to roll out Medicaid managed care, despite a lack of funding from the legislature and a lawsuit pending against one of the insurers slotted to become a managed care organization.
Published: Monday, October 21st, 2019 @ 7:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In 2007, the federal government granted Indiana and then-Gov. Mitch Daniels a waiver to administer Medicaid to an expanded population.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 @ 9:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s been five years in the making, and it’s almost free from the budget stalemate.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2019 @ 4:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Trump at the National Association of REALTORS Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 6:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The governor's behind it, and state Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen is for it. Some freshmen legislators have made it a priority, some leaders in the N.C. House think it's a good idea, and 32 states have implemented a version of it.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2019 @ 8:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sen. Louis Pate, R-Wayne, is part of a vanishing breed of politician, friends and colleagues noted.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 @ 4:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We're in Iraq. We flew all night and arrived very safely.
Published: Friday, December 28th, 2018 @ 12:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina has been a leader in enacting free-market reforms that are improving people's lives
Published: Friday, December 21st, 2018 @ 7:44 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Democrat David Brantley wants to unseat longtime incumbent Republican Sen. Louis Pate, and flip Senate District 7 from red to blue in a contentious race
Published: Friday, November 2nd, 2018 @ 11:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As chief budget writer in the House, state Rep. Nelson Dollar is accustomed to dealing with big numbers.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2018 @ 8:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We are no longer able to talk to each other. Did you say we can? OK, let's talk about Solar Power. Why are you shouting at me?
Published: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 @ 6:54 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The N.C. Local Government Commission Tuesday approved $11.3 million in construction bonds sought by Jones County Schools
Published: Friday, December 8th, 2017 @ 9:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The city of Charlotte really wants to build a streetcar line. Queen City taxpayers probably will have to dig a bit deeper to pay for it, though, as construction bids have come in over 30 percent above projections.
Published: Wednesday, December 28th, 2016 @ 1:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ask President Obama and President-elect Trump prepare for the transition ahead, severe problems in the "Green Cards issuance program" are coming to light.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2016 @ 4:02 pm
By: Jim Kouri
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Now that the NC Department of Health and Human Services has submitted detailed plans for the Medicaid reforms passed last year we are able to get a clearer picture how reform is to be implemented. Our analysis leaves us with more questions than answers
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 @ 5:26 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The continuing calls to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act have a seemingly unlikely ally - Medicaid Health Plans of America, the trade association representing a number of top Medicaid managed care organizations
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2016 @ 10:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Building on transformational reforms begun in 2011, North Carolina's elected leaders continued changes in 2015 to curtail spending, instill fiscal responsibility, rein in regulations, improve education, make government open and accountable, and create the best possible conditions for economic growth
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 5:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's something for everyone to dislike in the Medicaid Reform bill passed this week.
Published: Saturday, October 10th, 2015 @ 11:43 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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With the House passing a $21.735 billion General Fund budget by an 81-33 vote early Friday morning, and Gov. Pat McCrory saying he would approve the spending plan, lawmakers will shift their focus to outstanding items such as a $2 billion bond package and Medicaid reform before adjourning.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 7:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are "widespread differences" that are "not what you would call easy" to resolve between House and Senate health care budgets, is state Rep. William Brisson's assessment of budget deliberations in the N.C. General Assembly.
Published: Monday, July 6th, 2015 @ 8:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just when we were beginning to trust that North Carolina's Medicaid program was better managed and actually spending within its allocated budget we learned the program hasn't been paying doctors and hospitals what they are owed.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 3:29 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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