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Bipartisan child care bill targets workforce pipeline, insurance costs
A bipartisan House bill would spend nearly $17 million to expand child care workforce training, behavioral health supports, and insurance study efforts.
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IT oversight meeting focuses on broadband, AI, cyber risks
State officials briefed North Carolina lawmakers on broadband expansion, cybersecurity preparedness, artificial intelligence governance, and state technology procurement during a February meeting of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology. The nonstanding committee, convened under authority granted in state law and session statutes, met to review work underway at the N.C. Department of Information...
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Audit: Billions in federal COVID funds unspent as deadline nears
Billions in federal COVID emergency funds allocated to NC agencies have not been spent, according to an audit by state Auditor Dave Boliek’s office.
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Major health bill heads to Senate floor for a vote
A House Bill that provides funding for the Medicaid rebase and funds the NC Children's Hospital is headed to the Senate floor for a vote after passing in the Senate’s Appropriations/Base Budget Committee on Monday.
Opinion
Pandemic spending’s permanent hangover: The bills are coming due
Returning to pre-pandemic spending levels and ending the temporary, emergency spending is being billed as "cuts," fueling the political appetite to make them permanent.
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Asheville mayor gives update 9 months after Hurricane Helene
"We know how this has impacted each of our counties, and it's a struggle to come back from such a severe catastrophe," said Esther Manheimer, Asheville mayor.
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US Secretary of HUD shuts down DEI priorities in hurricane relief
“Once again, let me be clear, DEI is dead at HUD,” Turner said. “We will not provide funding to any program or grantee that does not comply with President Trump’s executive orders.”
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Stein issues executive order creating task force for childcare and early education
Citing the need to expand access to affordable, high-quality childcare across NC, Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order establishing the Task Force for Child Care and Early Education.
Opinion
Show us the money: NC needs a searchable database for all state spending
While North Carolina has made strides in government transparency, many of its tools remain cumbersome, inaccessible, or incomplete, making it difficult for taxpayers to track how their money is spent. A truly accountable government requires a modern, user-friendly system that provides real-time financial data and ensures public oversight at every level.
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Suit alleges hurricane relief funds distributed based on ‘racial equity’
A Title VI complaint was filed against Buncombe County in relation to hurricane relief funding.
Opinion
School districts scramble as federal funding dries up
With COVID-relief funding drying up, and with more and more families pulling students from traditional public schools, identifying solutions to bridge these funding gaps has become increasingly challenging.
Opinion
Government subsidies raises prices, even in childcare
This week a variety of groups have been pushing out narratives on more taxpayer funding for childcare. You may wonder why, suddenly, this is such a crisis issue. It is because billions in COVID-era government handouts to the industry are expiring this month.
