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Surprising Democrat NCGA seats may be at risk in November
Some solidly held Democratic seats in the state House and Senate in North Carolina may be at risk in this November’s General Election.
Opinion
Cooper demands absolute loyalty from Democrats … or else
If you are a Democrat and you don’t show absolute loyalty to Gov. Roy Cooper, he will seek to destroy you politically. Cooper recruited, endorsed, and will help bankroll a primary against Democrat state Sen. Kirk deViere of Cumberland County because deViere voted a few times with Republicans in the General Assembly. Cooper endorsed Val...
News
N.C. Senate passes school choice expansion
The N.C. Senate has passed its own version of a school-choice expansion bill that would open the state’s three choice programs to even more low- and middle-income households and families of students with special needs. Senate Bill 671 passed largely along party lines in a 29-20 vote on Tuesday, May 4. Sen. Kirk deViere from...
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Medicaid expansion? Not quite dead, former NCGA counsel suggests
Reports of Medicaid expansion’s death in this legislative session might be greatly exaggerated. At least that’s the view of Gerry Cohen, former special counsel to the General Assembly, who thinks a possible procedural faux pas by freshman Sen. Kirk deViere, D-Cumberland, wasn’t a fatal flub. DeViere offered an amendment Wednesday, March 13, to add roughly...
