Joyce Krawiec - Carolina Journal

Senate Republicans ban ‘gender affirming care’ for minors

On Tuesday, North Carolina Senate Republicans passed a bill prohibiting medical professionals from administering “gender-affirming care” to minors. “This bill is about protecting children and teenagers from decisions that have life-changing, permanent impacts,” Sen. Joyce Krawiec, R-Forsyth, said. House Bill 808 (H.B. 808) would prohibit state funds from being used for certain medical procedures and treatments related...

Alex Baltzegar

Opinion

Democrats may fall just short

From the mountains to the coast, you’ll find legislative candidates fighting out it for the votes — and the attention spans — of North Carolinians who have a lot of other things on their minds.

John Hood

Opinion

Faulty number skewed health debate

Now that the individual mandate is essentially gone, we should be embracing reforms that work with our traditions of individual freedom and federalism rather than against them.

John Hood

News

Conservative state lawmakers zing Obamacare replacement plan

Saying the American Health Care Act “has problematic provisions [including] infringements on state sovereignty,” nine Republican members of the General Assembly have urged GOP congressional leaders to make big changes in the Obamacare replacement plan being circulated in Washington. The letter, signed by more than 160 state lawmakers as of March 17, is addressed to Senate Majority...

Rick Henderson

News

NCGA roundup: Immigration reform, UNC Board of Governors on agenda

RALEIGH — State lawmakers have introduced a broad bill aimed at cracking down on certain undocumented immigrants. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Harry Warren, R-Rowan, would increase penalties for people who manufacture or sell false ID cards. It would also make it more difficult for people not lawfully in the country to post bond if...

Barry Smith

Opinion

Wimpy politicians create fiscal mess

By 2020, the unfunded liability for retiree health benefits is projected to reach nearly $38 billion. That’s real money, even in government-speak.

John Hood

Senate Republicans ban ‘gender affirming care’ for minors

Democrats may fall just short

Faulty number skewed health debate

Conservative state lawmakers zing Obamacare replacement plan

NCGA roundup: Immigration reform, UNC Board of Governors on agenda

Wimpy politicians create fiscal mess

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