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H.B. 346, Reorganization & Economic Development Act, sailed through three House committees, including Health, Insurance, and Rules, this week before passing 86-26 in the House Thursday and now heads to the Senate.
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 12:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Health equity, education and economic stability for all North Carolinians are key strategies in the 2022 North Carolina State Health Improvement Plan (NC SHIP), which the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released today.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 1:18 pm
By: ENC NOW
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper reestablished the Andrea Harris Equity Task Force through an Executive Order to continue the work that the group has done to address social, economic and health disparities in underserved and underrepresented communities.
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 11:03 am
By: Governor's Office
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Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda virtual event, Dr. Anthony Fauci admonished those who would purvey “misinformation,” pontificating, “We have ‘disinformation’ that is entirely destructive to a comprehensive public health endeavor.”
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 3:07 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Roy Cooper today outlined steps on moving North Carolina forward from COVID-19. Cooper was joined by Kody Kinsley, Secretary for North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), who explained the Department’s plan to adapt in this new stage.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2022 @ 4:59 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The healthcare industry remains a major economic driver in rural, tobacco-dependent, and economically distressed communities. The Golden LEAF Foundation supports the healthcare industry by funding projects that directly lead to the creation of new jobs and increased access to healthcare services.
Published: Friday, November 19th, 2021 @ 9:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina’s economic health seems strong. Taxes are low, cost of living is below average, and a recent CNBC study gave the state a No. 2 ranking as “Best for Business” because of solid growth, quality workforce, business friendliness, and technology.
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @ 11:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Policy Recommendations address social, economic, environmental and health disparities in communities of color disproportionately impacted by COVID-19
Published: Saturday, December 5th, 2020 @ 3:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Andrea Harris Social, Economic, Environmental, and Health Equity Task Force’s Educational Opportunity Subcommittee will host a virtual public roundtable on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 from 6-8 p.m.
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 @ 3:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Andrea Harris Social, Economic, Environmental, and Health Equity Task Force and Chair, NC Department of Administration Secretary Machelle Sanders, convened on September 2, 2020 to discuss potential recommendations to address and improve the social, environmental, economic, and health disparities
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2020 @ 5:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Group will work to identify and address inequities highlighted by COVID-19
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2020 @ 2:40 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 143 to addresses the social, environmental, economic, and health disparities in communities of color that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 10:50 am
By: Governor's Office
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Cal Cunningham has spent the entire COVID-19 pandemic attempting to stay relevant and score cheap political points by calling for petty political investigations of President Trump that will do nothing to protect the physical and economic health of North Carolinians.
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2020 @ 1:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is enormous pressure for Gov. Cooper to loosen North Carolina’s economic lockdown and get people back to work while protecting public health.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 @ 12:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina’s economic and fiscal health is riding a decade of success.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 9:35 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As our nation faces an unprecedented pandemic, our leaders must be laser-focused on providing practical solutions that protect the physical and economic health of our nation.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2020 @ 7:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to Lenoir Community College in Kinston, North Carolina, to support the renovation of the college’s Lloyd Health Science Building.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2020 @ 3:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a roundtable discussion with Governor Cooper and Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen, business leaders made the economic case for closing the health care coverage gap in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 3:40 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a report outlining how the Trump Administration's policies at the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration have helped decrease the prices of prescription drugs for American patients.
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 @ 11:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I've enjoyed following the drama surrounding location of Amazon's second headquarters and, make no mistake, drama it certainly has been
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 11:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A report paid for by the N.C. Hospital Association and prepared by the Research Triangle Institute has, from an economics perspective, a number of flaws
Published: Saturday, August 26th, 2017 @ 3:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What's the biggest issue facing North Carolina today? That was the question posed at a recent lunch with Leslie Boney, the newly named Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 3:16 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Do you wonder why political adversaries seem so often to talk past each other rather than produce useful debate on important issues? One reason is that, in many cases, they really aren't talking about the same things.
Published: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 @ 4:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is notifying individuals of an incident regarding the email of unsecured protected health information as required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health, or HITECH Act. Specific individuals who were affe
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 12:16 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The push is on, both nationally and in several states, to raise the minimum wage from its current $7.25 an hour to $10.30 nationally and as high as $15 in specific cities and states. I think it would be absolutely great if everyone who wanted a job could get one at a wage of $10 or $15 an hour...
Published: Sunday, November 16th, 2014 @ 9:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Having authored more than one optimist's lament in recent years, I am clearly of the opinion that, generally speaking, things are better than they seem - and getting better all the time.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 1:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a previous column, I noted that the Left's crusade against conservative ideas and politicians in North Carolina faces an implacable foe: the time-space continuum. Leftist predictions that reducing North Carolina's sales tax in 2011 would result in weaker economic growth have proven in...
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Goodman, an economist and president of the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis, has been one of the country's leading experts on the economics of health care for more than two decades. Back in the 1990s, his work on patient power and perverse incentives...
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 @ 6:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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