Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) | Washington, D.C.
Published: Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 @ 5:40 pm
By: David Winstead
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NCACC Weekly Update — April 30
Published: Thursday, May 6th, 2021 @ 7:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, April 2, 2021
Published: Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 @ 12:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a move that will make government-employee pensions less risky for taxpayers, N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell announced Tuesday, Feb. 2, that the assumed rate of return on the main state retirement plan will be lowered.
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 @ 2:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I have strong opinions — but not about how to perform brain surgery, write a smart-phone app, design a golf course, or produce a hip-hop album.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 @ 1:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 recession in March, North Carolina policymakers have been watching government revenues and expenditures carefully.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 6:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Taxpayers could pay an extra $1.32 billion if public employees win the ability to collectively bargain, says a report by the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 @ 1:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A group of teachers is prioritizing itself over students, experts say of recent tactics from the N.C. Association of Educators.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2020 @ 4:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In February 2019, after months of negotiation, Western North Carolina’s Mission Hospital was sold to HCA Healthcare, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital company.
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2020 @ 6:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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NC Pandemic Recovery Office Disburses Additional $150 Million Of Federal Funds Allocated During Legislative Session
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2020 @ 9:38 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that $85.4 million in federal funds provided for COVID-19 relief to counties will be disbursed this week.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 @ 8:51 am
By: Governor's Office
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“Today, I want to tell North Carolinians that in order to ease restrictions we need to make progress in three areas: testing, tracing, and trends,” Gov. Roy Cooper said during his Wednesday, April 15, news conference.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 10:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Kevin Daley of the Washington Free Beacon reports on workers’ response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 @ 4:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If a Florida parent wants to see the personnel file for their child’s public school teacher, the school would hand it over.
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 @ 10:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Mark Janus, an Illinois state employee arguing that the public-sector union that collected fees from him had no right to do so
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 @ 3:32 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina law bans government agencies from making contracts with unions and bans public employees from striking.
Published: Saturday, March 7th, 2020 @ 1:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A wing of the N.C. Association of Educators wants to move the organization in a more left-leaning, radical direction.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 11:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina is a model for states looking to diffuse a looming debt crisis over unfunded health care benefits for state retirees, the Manhattan Institute says in a report.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 6:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday The Raleigh News and Observer ran an article titled, North Carolina teachers may go on strike for higher pay and Medicaid expansion.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 @ 2:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On Tuesday, a bill was introduced in Congress that would permit the prosecution of union workers who used violence against other workers.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2019 @ 9:58 pm
By: Daily Wire
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When State Treasurer Dale Folwell took office in early 2017, he found North Carolina’s State Health Plan to be in even worse shape than he originally thought.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2019 @ 11:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper insists that Medicaid expansion be part of North Carolina’s budget deal for 2019-20. Republican leaders of the legislature disagree.
Published: Friday, August 30th, 2019 @ 9:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today marks 31 days since Governor Roy Cooper and Democratic leaders proposed a detailed budget compromise.
Published: Monday, August 12th, 2019 @ 10:20 am
By: Governor's Office
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Although Cooper’s defenders have tried to suggest otherwise, the governor has essentially issued an ultimatum: no new budget without Medicaid expansion.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2019 @ 12:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s state government entered its 2019-20 fiscal year on July 1 without a new state budget in place. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led legislature haven’t agreed to one, yet.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 @ 9:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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There has been no shortage of debate on health care issues in the North Carolina General Assembly this session. One of those receiving quite a bit of attention is State Treasurer Dale Folwell's Clear Pricing Project.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 7:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans made many changes when they came into the majority of the General Assembly, but one of their most important is one of the least known.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 @ 6:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper has ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state buildings, facilities and grounds to be lowered to half-staff immediately through sunset on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 to honor the victims of the Virginia Beach, Virginia tragedy on May 31, 2019.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 4:29 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A sea of red shirts and picket signs flooded downtown Raleigh on Wednesday, May 1, and, for now, public opinion may be in their favor.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 1:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers, union representatives, and government officials are calling for repeal of North Carolina’s prohibition on public-sector employee collective bargaining.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Republicans are again pushing State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s request to limit risk in the underfunded state pension plan by narrowing the number of retirement options.
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2019 @ 1:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If Medicaid expansion forces taxpayers to pick up the tab for a service that was either previously paid for some other way or not consumed in the first place, there is no reduction in the cost of care.
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2019 @ 1:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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