In June, the Republican-dominated General Assembly passed a state budget that included pay increases for our public school teachers and for non-certified school personnel.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 3:26 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper insists Medicaid expansion be included in the General Fund budget, and the Republican-dominated General Assembly unequivocally refuses.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 8:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Hospitals have called the treasurer’s bluff. The deadline for hospital signups onto the State Health Plan expired Monday, yet the plan remains bereft of major hospital networks.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 5:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Treasurer Dale Fowell has sweetened a deal for hospitals to sign on to his Clear Pricing Project.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 8:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper and Democratic leaders today offered Republican leadership a state budget compromise proposal that would close the health care coverage gap, raise teacher pay, cut taxes for people and guarantee school construction while balancing the budget and saving money in the Rainy Day Fund
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 @ 3:32 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper today announced the completion of the 2019 Status of Women in North Carolina: Health and Wellness Report, released by the NC Department of Administration’s Council for Women and Youth Involvement.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 @ 4:16 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The struggle over Vidant Health, the regional hospital network affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, escalated Thursday.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 5:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate’s proposed biennial budget includes the largest pay raises for state employees in more than a decade, but doesn’t include a cost-of-living increase for state retirees.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 9:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The number of licensed professions has grown in the U.S. has grown exponentially since the 1950s.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 12:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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To help address the gender pay gap for women workers in North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper today signed Executive Order No. 93. The order directs state government agencies to ban the use of salary history in the hiring process.
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2019 @ 8:25 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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Tomorrow morning (Tuesday), legislators in the House Health Committee will vote on HB184 - a bad bill that will cost taxpayers and State Health Plan members more than $1 million per day if it's enacted.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 8:44 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The bill removed student IDs as an acceptable photo ID for casting ballots. The first time university-issued student identification and state agency employee IDs could be used to vote would be 2021
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 3:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper proposed a $25.2 billion General Fund budget for 2019-20 that would increase spending by more than $1.3 billion over the current fiscal year
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2019 @ 4:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper's administration could risk violating a state law protecting whistleblowers if it has threatened retribution against employees who want to cooperate with a legislative probe of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline deal
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2019 @ 8:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell wants the U.S. Department of Justice to require all North Carolina hospitals to be transparent in their pricing and recover excessive charges hospitals made to the State Health Plan
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 2:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell is making good on a pledge from his 2016 election campaign to cut costs and boost transparency in the State Health Plan
Published: Friday, October 12th, 2018 @ 1:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell summoned the state's key health care players to a roundtable and instructed them to help the State Health Plan save $300 million each of the next five years
Published: Wednesday, August 1st, 2018 @ 7:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Debate was more civil, but the outcome was the same. House Republicans followed the Senate's lead, voting 66-44 to pass a $23.9 billion General Fund budget, and sent it to Gov. Roy Cooper over Democrats' objections
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The minimum wage for state employees will rise to $15 an hour if the budget proposed by legislative leaders becomes law
Published: Sunday, May 27th, 2018 @ 12:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell wants UNC Health Care to post a $1 billion performance bond guaranteeing medical costs would not increase for State Health Plan participants, or hit state taxpayers in the wallet, if the system enters into a proposed partnership with Carolinas HealthCare
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 @ 11:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Utility contractor killed by falling tree during storm cleanup in Alexander County
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 8:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The provision in the state budget that will have the most significant long-term impact on the fiscal health of our state government is making few headlines
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 2:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Governor Cooper vetoed the 2017 state budget. NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes responded below
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 3:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) voted today in support of the final budget compromise with the House of Representatives
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 8:39 pm
By: Bill Cook
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The $23 billion House and Senate budget compromise will include a 3.1 percent increase in spending in the 2017-18 budget year, which is higher than the two chambers agreed to several months ago when budget writing began
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 8:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate passed a $22.9 billion balanced budget Friday, May 12, 2017
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2017 @ 10:39 am
By: Bill Cook
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Legislation that could recommend a shift in the state Retiree Health Benefit Fund from a defined-benefit to defined-contribution model passed the House on Thursday by a 114-0 vote and heads to the Senate
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2017 @ 2:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hyperbole is alive and well in Raleigh. The superlatives, at one point this week, were flying
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2016 @ 1:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an effort to point out the blatant hypocrisy of Democrats and their allies, today the NCGOP called on Roy Cooper, legislative Democrats, and their protesting allies to condemn the long history of Democrat partisan power grabs to limit Republican power following elections
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 4:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's 2016-17 state budget responsibly limited the growth rate of state spending, wisely padded the state's Rainy Day Fund, cut taxes further and continued one of the most aggressive trends of teacher pay increases in the nation.
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2016 @ 5:01 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's 2016-17 state budget responsibly limited the growth rate of state spending, wisely padded the state's Rainy Day Fund, cut taxes further and continued one of the most aggressive trends of teacher pay increases in the nation.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 12:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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One day after the Human Rights Campaign criticized Governor Pat McCrory for his executive order extending the nondiscrimination policy for state employees to include sexual orientation and gender identity as a 'failure,' the Washington, D.C.-based organization praised Democrat Governor of...
Published: Saturday, April 16th, 2016 @ 3:08 am
By: McCrory Communications
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A growing health care alternative in North Carolina that shuns insurance for services provided by physicians at a set price could be incorporated into the state's insurance program for government employees, along with Medicaid
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 8:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The FY 2015-16 North Carolina state budget has finally been finalized. Was it worth the wait? Rather than wading through 400 pages of text, you can read here about the ten most interesting and important aspects of the budget in this article.
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 @ 4:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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