On Tuesday, Gov. Josh Stein announced the creation of the North Carolina Energy Policy
The recent passage of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” carries weight and opportunities for NC real estate investors and developers who are on the frontlines of this housing crisis.
As the General Assembly reconvened in Raleigh Tuesday morning to consider overriding 14 of his vetoes, Democratic Gov. Josh Stein held a press conference, saying the legislature should be focused on passing a budget, not on the vetoes, which he said are a “distraction that divides us.”
NC’s 2023 Medicaid expansion was passed with the promise that it would pay for itself. Now that promise is in jeopardy. The time has come for the NC GA to uphold its own law, honor that safeguard, and begin an orderly rollback of expansion before it threatens the very foundation of the Medicaid program.
This week on The Debrief we break down the biggest stories shaping North Carolina politics. Governor Josh Stein vetoes the Privacy Protection Act rejecting the idea that you have a right to privacy in making donations. Flooding in Alamance and Orange counties brings devastation closer to home—Stein visits the scene and urges continued caution. Meanwhile,...
New work requirements and the 3.5% provider tax cap will effectively end Medicaid expansion in the state, or create a $32 billion budget hole over the next decade.
A Congress full of Democrats and Republicans who yield at all times to party bosses will weaken the American constitutional system.
“While on the surface, this may be in the best interest of trimming national debt and so forth, the implication for North Carolina is severe and very real.”
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses Sen. Thom Tillis’ decision not to run for a third term in 2026. Kokai offered these comments during a July 1, 2025, interview with One America News Network.
Questions about what could happen to the Medicaid program in North Carolina if President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill, aka the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” passes in Congress intensified over the weekend after US Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, announced on Saturday that he would not support it because of proposed cuts to Medicaid funding that would affect North Carolinians and hospitals in the state.
Following this weekend's public condemnation from President Donald Trump, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, released a statement Sunday saying he will not run for re-election in the 2026 midterms. "I look forward to having the pure freedom to call the balls and strikes as I see fit and representing the great people of North Carolina to the best of my ability," he said Sunday.
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