The Senate Health Care Committee launched a preemptive move Wednesday and voted, 11-3, along partisan lines to issue a subpoena ordering Dr. Mandy Cohen to appear March 29 for a confirmation hearing as secretary of health and human services. “Rather than invite her and deal with an empty chair again, and all of those issues,...
As a special Senate committee on Tuesday began hammering out details for confirming Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet nominees, the back-and-forth between the governor and the General Assembly over the legality of the confirmation requirement continued. The process will mirror that used by the U.S. Senate, with an added step: North Carolina Cabinet-level nominees will have...
A new audit has found that many no-bid contracts within the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services lacked proper review or documentation, and didn’t have adequate written justification to waive competition, putting taxpayer dollars at risk. “What comes to mind is that the terms were not as favorable to the state as they should...
Katherine Restrepo on law that allows state to say yes or no to medical facilities; update on paying down $2.8 billion debt to feds; lawmakers on options for new HHS home; Mark Steckbeck on morality of capitalism; Sarah Curry on two gov't revenue streams
