Dan Way
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Governor, citing lack of Medicaid expansion, vetoes proposed state spending plan
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N.C. physicians group agrees to participate in treasurer’s cost-saving project
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N.C. General Assembly releases budget plan; prepares for battle with governor
Legislative leaders released highlights of a $24 billion spending plan for 2019-20 while girding for a budget battle with Gov. Roy Cooper. Senate leader Phil Berger,… → Read More
U.S.-trained foreign docs could fill family practice needs, but government stands in the way
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Auditor says H.B. 233 will help clean up local government finances
State Auditor Beth Wood says passage of her agency bill to help clean up local governments’ slipshod financial bookkeeping is a major win for taxpayers across the state. → Read More
N.C. Senate budget includes pay raises for state workers; fails to fully expand Medicaid
The Senate’s proposed biennial budget includes the largest pay raises for state employees in more than a decade, but doesn’t include a cost-of-living increase for state retirees. → Read More
Elections board will pay Brinson Bell $30k more than predecessor Strach
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Solar energy output ratings misleading if not deceptive, critics say
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Senate tax cut package could get floor vote Thursday
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Strach out, Brinson Bell in at elections board in what GOP calls partisan move
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Folwell hopeful medical providers will join new State Health Plan network
Fresh off N.C. Department of Insurance approval of cost-reducing reforms, Treasurer Dale Folwell is optimistic doctors and hospitals will join a new State Health Plan provider network. Contracts were set to go out late last week. → Read More
Tax collections could lead to $700 million windfall for N.C.
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Budget battles just getting started
If the state budget process seems polarized now, just wait. It could get even more quarrelsome as lawmakers contemplate how their votes might affect 2020 political prospects. → Read More
House budget lower than so-called TABOR limit but savings suffer
The House proposed budget lowers some taxes, creates others, and cuts against the grain of past Republican efforts to prioritize savings reserves as a rainy day buttress to… → Read More
Lawmakers, union reps move to end prohibition on public-sector collective bargaining
Lawmakers, union representatives, and government officials are calling for repeal of North Carolina’s prohibition on public-sector employee collective bargaining. Sen. Wiley Nickel, D-Wake, led a news… → Read More
Treasurer’s pension stability proposals divide state employees’, teachers’ groups
Senate Republicans are again pushing State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s request to limit risk in the underfunded state pension plan by narrowing the number of retirement options. → Read More
Duke Energy will appeal DEQ order to place coal ash in landfills
Duke Energy intends to challenge a state Department of Environmental Quality order to excavate all its coal ash pits, saying it would impose undue financial harm. → Read More
Omnibus health-care bill would expand coverage without expanding Medicaid
Top-ranking senators have introduced an omnibus health-care bill that would add severely disabled people to the Medicaid rolls and abolish restrictive certificate of need laws. Sens. Joyce… → Read More
House overwhelmingly passes health care licensing, tech bills
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NCGA General Fund budget $24 billion, $1.2 billion less than governor’s
Republican legislative leaders have reached agreement on a 2019-20 General Fund budget cap of slightly more than $24 billion, shaving about $1.2 billion from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposed spending plan. → Read More