In response to a public records request, a document Gov. Roy Cooper said was an email appears to be something else. The document, one of more than 20,000 pages disclosed in December 2018 responding to media inquiries about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, indicates a potential crossover…
The possibility of a Republican version of Medicaid expansion has died in North Carolina. Republicans in the House had flirted with a version of Medicaid expansion that would extend coverage only to low-income working adults. But now that a federal appeals court has struck down work…
The University of North Carolina System hopes to return to square one with the Silent Sam case, a letter from a lawyer representing the UNC System said. Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour tossed…
A wing of the N.C. Association of Educators wants to move the organization in a more left-leaning, radical direction. Members of the NCAE Organize 2020 Racial and Social Justice Caucus shared their vision of the NCAE’s future in a webinar Feb.
While some lawmakers are leaving the General Assembly in 2020, 11 former legislators are aiming for a comeback. The 2020 general election ballot will include 11 former lawmakers aiming to reclaim a spot at the General Assembly. Returning lawmakers have some advantages over an average…
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: • Governor polling: A Feb. 12 High Point University poll…
The General Assembly will look a bit different after the 2020 session. Twenty-four lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats — have opted not to run for re-election. Institutional knowledge will shrink as experienced lawmakers leave the General Assembly, political scientists say. But the turnover may allow new issues and…
Legislators are looking at a controversial reform to lower patients’ medical bills for surgery in North Carolina. Would-be reformers want to introduce more competition into North Carolina’s health care system by partially freeing ambulatory surgery centers from Certificate of Need laws — an obscure regulation that…
A Superior Court judge has reversed course on a $2.5-million settlement granting a Confederate veterans group ownership of Silent Sam. Judge Allen Baddour threw out the deal during a hearing Wednesday, Feb. 12, about whether the Sons of the Confederate Veterans had legal standing to…
Money is tight at N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. The department has been battling financial woes after the budget stalemate threw Medicaid transformation into chaos and sent the department scrambling to make the existing budget work for the upcoming fiscal year. The…
