U.S. Rep. Ted Budd now leads the pack in the Republican primary for the open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina, according to a new Civitas Poll of likely GOP voters released Thursday, April 7.
Published: Monday, April 11th, 2022 @ 11:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Medicaid postpartum health care coverage will be extended from 60 days to 12 months for eligible people in North Carolina beginning April 1, 2022.
Published: Thursday, March 31st, 2022 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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'If we do the same with the opioid settlement money as they did with the tobacco settlement deal, I’ll vote against myself.” — State Rep. Sasser, R-Stanly, a retired pharmacist who co-chairs the House Health Appropriations Committee
Published: Friday, March 18th, 2022 @ 2:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2021 session of the General Assembly began in January, as the world was entering its second year of the pandemic. The hope was the COVID fog would lift, allowing a return to normalcy, at least in a relative sense, and that lawmakers could go about business as usual.
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 3:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We’ve heard the characterization plenty of times over the years: Republicans are the party of the rich and Democrats are the party of the working class.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 10:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina breaks top 10 list
Published: Sunday, January 9th, 2022 @ 12:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Before agreeing to a schedule for adjourning this year’s legislative work, state lawmakers rejected one final push from Democrats to consider Medicaid expansion.
Published: Sunday, December 12th, 2021 @ 12:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At a time when North Carolina is ranked as one of the most expensive states for health care in the nation, many nonprofit hospitals are reaping huge profits while providing little in the way of charity care.
Published: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 @ 10:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced his intent to sign the legislative budget, citing necessary investments in teacher and state employee pay, critical infrastructure and aid to help families and businesses emerge from the pandemic stronger than ever.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 6:55 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina lags in rankings for health care and inclusion, highlighting the need to close the coverage gap
Published: Saturday, July 31st, 2021 @ 9:51 pm
By: Governor's Office
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“[Expanding Medicaid would] provide health care to tens of thousands of hard-working North Carolinians and save state taxpayers’ millions in the process.”
Published: Thursday, July 1st, 2021 @ 7:18 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Tonight, Governor Roy Cooper delivered his third State of the State address.
Published: Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 @ 4:41 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's budget is finally out and it's a doozy.
Published: Saturday, April 10th, 2021 @ 2:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cooper’s Budget Proposal Seeks ‘Opportunity in Crisis,’ Pushes for More Spending, Medicaid ExpansionGov. Roy Cooper introduced a $55.9 billion budget proposal on Wednesday, March 24, that includes many of the goals he’s had since taking office.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 8:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper released a recommended budget for FY 2021-2023 that will strengthen North Carolina to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and ignite recovery for all North Carolinians.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 5:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The two U.S. Senate elections in Georgia are over, and now the overall national election results are known.
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2021 @ 8:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Carolina Journal is taking a brief look at each new member of the General Assembly — 10 in the Senate and 11 in the House.
Published: Sunday, February 14th, 2021 @ 8:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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COVID-19 and the ongoing fallout from the pandemic will likely dominate the 2021-22 session of the General Assembly.
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 12:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is still selling Medicaid expansion, but Republican lawmakers still aren’t buying.
Published: Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 @ 3:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Races filling the N.C. ballot were won or lost by the thinnest of margins.
Published: Saturday, November 14th, 2020 @ 2:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a request for applications to fund up to $10.6 million in community-based projects to prevent opioid overdoses for people who are involved in the justice system.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 12:36 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina recently passed the “Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0” with Gov. Roy Cooper’s signature, but it is clear from what happened that the governor did not so much approve of the budget and that he begrudgingly signed it.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 @ 12:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded a $35 million State Opioid Response (SOR) grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 @ 2:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Program will increase access to testing, but legislature should expand Medicaid when they meet this week
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 5:32 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper’s Budget Proposal Fights the COVID-19 Pandemic While Investing in North Carolina’s Future
Published: Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 @ 2:30 am
By: Governor's Office
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For the first time in state history, the governor is introducing a budget proposal in August.
Published: Monday, August 31st, 2020 @ 10:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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“Support for a Determined North Carolina” lays out a path to weather the pandemic while boosting the state in the long term
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2020 @ 10:49 am
By: Governor's Office
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Ketch Secor of the energetic American roots band Old Crow Medicine Show and a few of his talented friends streamed a concert from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry this past weekend.
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2020 @ 4:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Brandon has three little girls, no job, and no health insurance.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2020 @ 1:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday signed a Medicaid transformation bill that ends years of wrangling with legislators over the issue.
Published: Monday, July 6th, 2020 @ 1:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mob violence seems to be the rule across the nation’s historic landmarks, indiscriminately tearing down or vandalizing everything from Gen. U.S. Grant to Cervantes to monuments to the “Greatest Generation.”
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2020 @ 8:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers are considering temporarily expanding Medicaid to cover uninsured residents’ coronavirus testing and treatment, House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said during a meeting of the House Committee on COVID-19 Health Care Working Group.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 12:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review:
Published: Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 @ 5:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolinians support Governor Roy Cooper’s push for increased school funding, higher teacher pay raises and affordable healthcare by wide margins, a new poll release Friday shows.
Published: Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 @ 8:45 am
By: Governor's Office
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