Medicaid transformation will be a casualty of the budget stalemate. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 19, that Medicaid transformation would be placed on hold indefinitely. That announcement came hours after Sen. Joyce Krawiec, R-Forsyth, issued a news…
Justin Hamilton’s company farm last year lost an entire greenhouse of hemp — somewhere between $25,000 and $35,000 — because his crop violated the state’s THC threshold by 0.1%. The crops of at least 38 other North Carolina…
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review: Cooper veto: Gov. Roy Cooper issued his 10th veto of the year Wednesday,…
N.C. lawmakers so far have spent two days huddled around computers in a garishly lit legislative committee room, working to fit the puzzle pieces in what will become newly redrawn congressional districts. An 18-member Joint Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting began laying…
Say you want a fidget spinner. Well, if you have a few bucks for one, then you go buy it. Same goes for a burger. Lots of choices, lots of options. Then, say, you want a mixed drink at your favorite local restaurant. If…
Rep. Craig Horn, R-Union, said he wouldn’t be surprised if a judge orders the state to spend more on education. But it would spark a constitutional crisis. “The constitution of North Carolina is very clear as to who has the authority to appropriate money,”…
Congressional Democrats are trying to take away what little potential flexibility states have over their health insurance markets. If they are successful in their challenge to a new Trump administration rule, states will lose out on increased opportunities to use federal waivers for innovation in state health insurance markets. …
Struggling rural hospitals are in luck. Gov. Roy Cooper has signed the rural hospital loan program into law. Senate Bill 537 creates a $20 million loan program, which will funnel taxpayer dollars to distressed rural hospitals. The program will operate under…
Mecklenburg County voters rejected a plan to raise the sales tax to fund arts and parks. The quarter-cent tax would have taken the county’s rate from 7.25% to 7.5%, but 57% of voters said no. The Mecklenburg Tax Alliance,…
The N.C. Department of Transportation shouldn’t manage its own finances, N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell says. The transportation department overspent by about $2 billion, and Folwell is calling for a shakeup in department management. He wants the governor to sack N.C. Transportation Secretary…
