For two meetings and a few signatures, Stephenie Brinson pays $24,000 to stay in business each year. As a nurse practitioner in North Carolina, Brinson must have a supervising physician whose scope of practice encompasses her duties. If she loses the supervising physician, she has 30 days to find a…
Jones County residents are still feeling the effects of recent hurricanes. At least one of the county’s three towns remains flooded, and two of its six schools were condemned. Those facts came out during a Wednesday, Aug. 28, news conference at the state Legislative Building. Republican…
The N.C. House on Wednesday, Aug. 28, unanimously passed pay raises for state employees. H.B. 226 would grant state employees a raise of 2.5% for each of the next two years. H.B. 126 would increase pay for the…
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations made its report on UNC Hospitals public Wednesday, Aug. 28, citing a laundry list of 44 performance issues that cost UNC its clean status of accreditation. The Joint Commission inspected UNC Hospitals in…
Reforms to health-care regulations aren’t dead. Certificate of need reform was one of the bills sacrificed as scrap material for the piecemeal budget. As Republicans looked to push pieces of the budget past Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto, they stripped House Bill 126…
While the budget stalemate continues, lawmakers are working to pass pieces of the General Fund budget bill with measures that include pay raises for some state employees. Meantime, Gov. Roy Cooper used a Tuesday, Aug. 27, news conference to attack Republican lawmakers for refusing to include…
The Senate approved a plan to return millions in surplus tax revenue to taxpayers, despite complaints from some Democratic lawmakers who wanted to use the money for education or infrastructure. After a lengthy debate Tuesday, Aug. 27, the Senate voted 30-16 to pass…
UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill expects to regain its clean standing soon. The flagship facility of UNC Health Care was placed on probation after receiving a preliminary denial of accreditation because of issues with psychiatric treatment. Its plans of correction have been accepted by…
A bill that could help scrub election rolls of illegitimate voters, a move which hasn’t gotten through the General Assembly despite several tries, may finally reach the governor. Senate Bill 250 would require North Carolina courts to share with election officials the names…
A ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver could have ramifications beyond Colorado, political experts say. On Aug. 20, a three-judge panel on the federal appellate court ruled 2-1 against the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office in a case involving faithless electors.
