Latest North Carolina state government News
North Carolina to launch Medicaid expansion on Dec. 1
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Medicaid expansion will launch Dec. 1 in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Monday after achieving what he's sought for nearly seven years on the job and what's possibly his biggest policy win. Government health insurance should be available to...
Critics of North Carolina school athletics governing body pass bill ordering more oversight
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators have ordered additional oversight of the chief nonprofit body that manages high school sports, finalizing legislation Friday that seeks to leave more rule-making in the hands of state education leaders. In separate House and Senate...
Medicaid expansion to begin soon in North Carolina as governor decides to let budget bill become law
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday he would let the state budget bill that's now reached his desk become law without his signature, opening the way for Medicaid coverage for 600,000 low-income adults, with some receiving the government health insurance soon. ...
North Carolina legislature cracks down on pornography sites with new age verification requirements
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's legislature has passed a bill requiring age verification on websites that publish material considered harmful to minors as lawmakers worked long hours this week to approve a state budget and other proposals. The legislation, which passed the...
North Carolina legislature gives final OK to election board changes, with governor's veto to follow
RALEIGH, N.C (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly gave final approval on Friday to Republican-backed legislation that would shift control of the State Board of Elections away from the governor and give it to lawmakers as the 2024 elections get underway. With the Senate...
North Carolina legislature gives initial OK to budget, which also would start Medicaid expansion
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican-controlled General Assembly gave initial approval Thursday to a long-delayed North Carolina budget that speeds up individual income tax cuts, broadens private-school scholarships to all K-12 children and initiates other right-leaning changes. If...
Proposed North Carolina budget would exempt legislators from public records disclosures
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers in North Carolina are attempting to exempt themselves from public records laws meant to safeguard transparency with a budget provision allowing them to keep any legislative document private — even after they leave office. Tucked...
Medicaid expansion back on glidepath to enactment in North Carolina as final budget heads to votes
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Passing North Carolina's budget will remain the last hurdle for the state to expand Medicaid to potentially cover 600,000 adults who don't qualify or make enough for health insurance now that an effort to link it to authorizing more casinos is off the table. ...
Republicans ditch efforts to expand legal gambling in North Carolina, will pass budget this week
RALEIGH, N.C.. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders ditched efforts this year to dramatically multiply legal gambling in the state, announcing Tuesday that they will instead pass a final budget without it that also will trigger Medicaid coverage to begin for hundreds of thousands...
Another option emerges to expand North Carolina gambling, but most Democrats say they won't back it
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The prospects of enacting soon an overdue North Carolina budget, permitting more state-sanctioned gambling and implementing Medicaid expansion stayed uncertain Monday as Republicans suggested dividing the topics between two bills. But most Democratic colleagues sound...
