The two top leaders of North Carolina’s General Assembly disagree about whether the state Supreme Court should take another look now at a case challenging the state’s certificate-of-need law.
State Treasurer Brad Briner and the State Employees Association of North Carolina are urging the state’s highest court to take another look at a six-year-old certificate-of-need dispute.
A New Bern eye surgeon challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law is asking North Carolina’s highest court to take a second look at his case.
Medicaid fraud has become a widespread issue, across the country and in NC, where there were almost 400 allegations in 2025.
“Our message to North Carolina is simple: this is a serious storm, and we are taking it seriously, and so should you,” said Democratic Gov. Josh Stein at a media briefing Friday morning.
A state of emergency remains in effect for North Carolina as a winter storm of snow, sleet, and freezing rain gets ready to take aim at the state this weekend.
A New Bern eye surgeon will ask the North Carolina Court of Appeals to review last month’s ruling upholding the constitutionality of North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law.
A bipartisan three-judge trial court panel has upheld the constitutionality of North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law in health care, rejecting a New Bern eye surgeon’s legal challenge.
If NC needs to spend $120 billion on water and sewer over the next 20 years, that’s a matter for local boards and the General Assembly to address, not Congress.
Lawyers for a New Bern eye surgeon and state health regulators spent 2 ½ hours Tuesday arguing in court over the future of the state’s certificate-of-need restrictions.
The state treasurer and state employees association support a New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge of the state’s certificate-of-need health care restrictions.
