Republican Support for Medicaid Expansion Comes With Strings Attached
GOP leaders in the General Assembly finally budged on expanding healthcare options for 600,000 North Carolinians, but the bill is not without partisan games. 
North Carolina state Rep. James Roberson, D-Wake, takes a picture with fellow House Democratic members on the House floor after the chamber gave final approval to a Medicaid expansion agreement in Raleigh, N.C., on Thursday, March 23, 2023. The affirmative vote means the legislation laying out expansion details now goes to the desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. (AP Photo/ Gary Gary Robertson)
FILE - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a primary election night event hosted by the North Carolina Democratic Party in Raleigh, N.C., May 17, 2022. A Medicaid expansion deal in North Carolina received final legislative approval Thursday, March 23, 2023, likely ending a decade of debate over whether the closely politically divided state should accept the federal government's coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income adults. Cooper, a longtime expansion advocate, is expected to sign the bill, which would leave 10 states in the U.S. that have not adopted expansion. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, File)
North Carolina Finally Approves Medicaid Expansion

For more than a decade, Republicans blocked a federally-funded expansion of healthcare to a half-million North Carolinians. On Thursday, they finally budged.

Erosion is a direct and immediate threat to many of North Carolina's coastal towns, including Rodanthe, seen here in December, 2022.
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We’re Running Out of Time to Adequately Address Climate Change

A new report warns that while progress has been made, it is not enough to ensure a "livable and sustainable future." And you don't have to look outside North Carolina to see the dangers.

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Crowds cheer during a 2018 demonstration against the GOP-controlled NC General Assembly's education policies, including the state's expanding private school voucher program. School funding is one of the areas that figures to suffer if Republicans eliminate the state's corporate tax. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
What’s At Stake If Republicans Eliminate NC’s Corporate Tax

With the state facing shortfalls in health care, education, and housing, the GOP proposal would cost the state more than $1 billion.

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Yes, There Are Elections This Year. A New State Tool Tells You All You Need to Know

More than 90 counties in North Carolina have local elections this year for vital roles that help set a community’s budget and define its principles.

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Celebrate Pi Day in North Carolina With Discount Pizza and Philosophy

We can honor both Pi and Pie on the same day. Win, win.

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, Republican, speaks in front of the US Supreme Court in December. He urged the US Supreme Court to take up a case his side lost at the North Carolina Supreme Court. The state court, however, has agreed to rehear that case itself. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NC Supreme Court Will Hear Voting Rights Cases It Already Decided

The rehearings not only threaten free and open elections, but also undermine the integrity of the state’s highest court, voting rights groups say.

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Make sure you're earning what you're worth.