A bill allowing federal funds to continue flowing to North Carolina hasn’t earned Gov. Roy Cooper’s signature yet, but one political analyst said it would be wise for the governor to let it become law. Weeks have passed since Cooper vetoed the biennial budget bill. Negotiations…
Unlike recent budget stalemates in Washington, the face-off between Gov. Cooper and legislative leaders in Raleigh hasn’t produced a government shutdown.
Most conservatives oppose the Medicaid expansion as a matter of principle, not just as a matter of fiscal prudence.
In December 2018, I wrote the following: “As a general rule, the public and politicians should never view economic impact studies as anything more than an attempt by special interests to manipulate public opinion for their own benefit.” There is no better example of this than the study underwritten by the Cone…
After several starts and stops, on Tuesday, July 9, the N.C. House failed to vote on an override of the governor’s budget bill. Instead, the House Appropriations Committee plans to meet Wednesday to consider a temporary funding bill, which would keep programs running — including those…
Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed the biennial budget bill, saying North Carolina residents are dying because Republicans won’t expand Medicaid rolls. With prospects of budget passage evaporating before the fiscal year ends at midnight June 30, Cooper and Republican lawmakers traded sharp accusations Friday, June…
The N.C. Senate passed a $24 billion General Fund spending plan without debate. The House took nearly an hour Thursday, June 27, before following suit and approving the 2019-21 compromise proposal, House Bill 966. The vote was 33-15 in the Senate;…
UPDATED, 2:40 p.m. to include statement from Senate leader Phil Berger’s office. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper finally sat down with Republican legislative leaders Wednesday, June 19, less than two weeks before the end of the fiscal year, to negotiate a budget. But the chief…
A version of this editorial appeared in the June 2019 print edition of Carolina Journal. To sign up for a free subscription, visit here. A week ago, the state Senate passed its version of a $23.9 billion General Fund budget for the next fiscal year. The Senate and…
The struggle over Vidant Health, the regional hospital network affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, escalated Thursday. In a radio interview, University of North Carolina Board of Governors Chairman Harry Smith said there are no plans “in any shape or form for UNC…
