State budget writers have once again failed to pass a state budget by the beginning of the fiscal year
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 12:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bank of England Governor started ball rolling
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 @ 12:58 pm
By: John Steed
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Six hundred days and counting. Gov. Roy Cooper has ruled North Carolina with a proverbial iron fist since unilaterally enacting a state of emergency March 10, 2020.
Published: Monday, November 22nd, 2021 @ 3:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Things are quiet this week on Jones Street in Raleigh, even as work on a state budget plan, which the governor may or may not sign, looms in the legislature.
Published: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 @ 6:04 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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After getting many political predictions wrong in 2016, including but not limited to the results of the presidential election, I threw my long-cherished crystal ball out and started building a new one.
Published: Friday, January 1st, 2021 @ 5:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered schools, more teachers were staying in North Carolina’s classrooms.
Published: Friday, December 4th, 2020 @ 11:41 am
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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Yesterday the State Board of Education and members of Governor Cooper’s administration submitted an action plan to Superior Court Judge David Lee as part of the ongoing work to ensure the state is compliant with the constitutional requirements of the long-running Leandro case.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2020 @ 2:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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NCAE is surly – again.
Published: Monday, June 15th, 2020 @ 8:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When the legislature set April 28 as the return date for this legislative session, no one could have imagined this session would be so different from any that has ever come before.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2020 @ 2:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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More than a thousand jobs and a massive reform are at stake now that the budget stalemate has thrown Medicaid transformation into chaos.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2020 @ 4:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N&O is reporting on what appears to be significant layoffs in North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services, due to the state budget “stalemate.”
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2020 @ 1:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Difference Between Current Continuation Spending Plan and Cooper’s Own Budget Proposal Are Not LargeContrary to what many on Jones street – or breathless capital news reporters – would have you believe, there really is very little difference between Gov. Cooper’s FY 2019-20 budget proposal and the “unofficial” spending plan currently being executed.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 12:03 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Few people outside the bubble of N.C. state government seem to be paying much attention to the lingering impasse over a vetoed state budget.
Published: Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 @ 8:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It appears Gov. Roy Cooper might not be alone when it comes to conflating across-the-board tax cuts with “corporate giveaways.”
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2020 @ 8:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Don’t despair North Carolina, despite continuing cries the state is without a budget — even after months of consternation, frustration, accusations, political wrangling, and dead–end negotiations.
Published: Friday, January 24th, 2020 @ 6:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the N.C. General Assembly may meet for only one day this week — Tuesday, Jan. 14 — and will potentially hold a vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto.
Published: Sunday, January 19th, 2020 @ 10:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly is going home without raising teacher pay and without passing a full budget.
Published: Sunday, January 19th, 2020 @ 9:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper always had a strategy that was destined to fail.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2020 @ 11:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In all likelihood, Gov. Roy Cooper will have a competitive race for reelection in his bid for a second term in 2020.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2019 @ 11:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 19, that Medicaid transformation would be placed on hold indefinitely.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2019 @ 1:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers will return to Raleigh Wednesday, Nov. 13, two weeks after adjourning a very, very long session.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After 1,717 bills, nine vetoes and 186 new laws with the prospect of even more over the next few days, the legislature finally adjourned and ended one of the longest legislative sessions in recent history.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Roy Cooper today sent a letter to Republican legislative leadership encouraging them to stay in Raleigh and negotiate teacher pay with him.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 7:36 am
By: Governor's Office
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General Assembly would have to modify resolution for next week's session or call separate session to schedule overrides before January
Published: Thursday, November 14th, 2019 @ 9:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A big change to the state Medicaid program remains unfunded, increasing the risk of costly delays in Medicaid transformation.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper called on legislators to stand with him and North Carolina’s teachers to demand negotiations on a real pay raise for all educators on the state payroll.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Governor's Office
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) announced earlier in October that the Senate would close out the long session by the end of the month.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2019 @ 9:23 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The 2019 legislative session won’t end until 2020.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2019 @ 12:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Here’s a look at a few items which may not have attracted big headlines over the final 48 hours of a hectic week on Jones Street
Published: Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Jeffrey Elmore, R-Wilkes, said one of his teaching colleagues inadvertently took a pay cut.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 7:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers are forcing their Democratic colleagues to choose between sustaining Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto or securing higher teacher pay raises.
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2019 @ 11:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the General Assembly scrambles to adjourn, the Senate made another stab at getting money to failing rural hospitals.
Published: Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 @ 1:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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