Savings to be reinvested in improving patient health and wellness
Published: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 @ 6:48 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Republicans have introduced a bill this session that would create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in North Carolina. Here is a quick primer on what ESAs are, what other states are doing on this issue, and what could be on tap here in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Thursday, May 18th, 2023 @ 7:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislation to significantly expand education savings accounts in North Carolina—or ESAs, as they are commonly known—was introduced in the General Assembly earlier this week.
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 9:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Multiple Republican state attorneys general filed suit against the Labor Department over a measure that would nix a previous ban on environmental, social, and corporate governance investments, also known as ESG, among fiduciaries managing retirement funds.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 5:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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Tragedy struck the world and billions of people suddenly and unexpectedly lost their lives as the iconic Doomsday Clock inadvertently sprung forward for daylight saving time, plunging the earth into unspeakable darkness and ushering in the end of humanity as we knew it.
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 7:08 am
By: Babylon Bee
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon predicted that robust consumer spending may run dry toward the middle of next year.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 11:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Americans are now saving the smallest portion of their earnings in nearly two decades, according to data released on Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 3:04 am
By: Daily Wire
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For the fourth year in a row, negotiations have resulted in substantial savings for dental, vision and identity theft protection
Published: Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 @ 3:43 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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There aren’t many things that bring people from all sides together politically these days. But ending the practice of putting our clocks forward in the spring then backward in the fall is one that enjoys wide, bipartisan agreement.
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2022 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House has approved a measure that could pave the way for ending the state’s twice-a-year ritual of setting clocks forward and back.
Published: Tuesday, April 27th, 2021 @ 8:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Rep. Jason Saine, R-Lincoln, has introduced a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 @ 5:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, a bipartisan collection of senators introduced a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, a move that would allow Americans to stop changing their clocks twice a year.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 9:13 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Lawmakers are fighting to help small businesses afford health insurance, but they’re running out of time.
Published: Monday, December 21st, 2020 @ 3:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The necessity for education choice and flexibility has proven monumentally important in a world where economic competition is global and pandemics can disrupt school and work life with jarring immediacy.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 @ 10:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Diabetic state employees soon won’t have to swallow the rising cost of insulin.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 11:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The coronavirus forced Congress to broaden tax relief for millions of Americans with employer-provided health insurance or high-deductible health plans.
Published: Thursday, April 9th, 2020 @ 6:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The House proposed budget lowers some taxes, creates others, and cuts against the grain of past Republican efforts to prioritize savings reserves as a rainy day buttress to economic downturns and natural disasters.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 9:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the North Carolina General Assembly gathered for its Oct. 2 special session on Hurricane Florence relief, the state’s rainy-day fund stood at $2.01 billion
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 5:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently released federal data shows that a partnership between ECU and Vidant Health made significant improvements in the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries while still achieving significant cost savings last year
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 2:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It just got easier for children in North Carolina to qualify for a Special Needs Education Savings Account
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 3:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In A Recent Article On Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) In The News And Observer, Keith Poston Of The Public School Forum Said The Newly- Approved ESA Program For Special Needs Students Is "Very High Risk In Terms Of Abuse."
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 12:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina state government's reserves are in the best condition they've seen this century
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2018 @ 3:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's often good news to learn that a government body is slated to do its work and then go away
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2017 @ 3:18 pm
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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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed into law House Bill 7, An Act to Strengthen the Savings Reserve, as Recommended by the Legislative Research Commission.
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2017 @ 4:22 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Savings for Servicemembers Act would align treatment of the National Guard and Reservists with federal workers who have a 50 mile minimum for travel compensation, and help reduce the cost of service to those in the Guard and Reserves
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 @ 5:45 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Divided government has its benefits. North Carolina voters and taxpayers are seeing some of those benefits on display now on Jones Street in Raleigh
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2017 @ 7:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The measure proposed Thursday would expand 529 savings accounts to include K-12 students
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 3:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Julian Bloom was 18 months old, doctors diagnosed him with autism and said he had a severe sensory and auditory processing disorder.
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2016 @ 12:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When light fell on the rabbit patch this morning, it was bright and beautiful. The air is colder than it has been- and it ought to be in November.
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016 @ 10:40 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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This statement is in conjunction with Mr. Trump's childcare plan that he will unveil in his speech at 7:30 and there will be a news release at that time.
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 @ 6:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the 2015 performance year results for the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model that show physicians, hospitals and health care providers participating in Accountable Care Organization
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 @ 8:59 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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