The Healthy Indiana Plan was to be the nation’s first consumer-directed health plan for low-income residents. The intent was to encourage personal responsibility and accountability. But it has not worked as planned. Read More
It's been a long hot summer on Jones Street and promises to be even longer and hotter without a budget. Will allegiance to party override doing what's best for the people? Read More
The high cost of health care is putting health insurance out of reach to many North Carolinians. Here are some ways to lower healthcare costs. Read More
The conference budget report passed by the legislature has many things to celebrate. Read More
It’s past time North Carolina gets out of the liquor business, opens the market to competition, and encourages opportunities for entrepreneurs. Some proposals working their way through the legislature could go a long way toward modernizing our antiquated system Read More
It's time to get the government out of the alcohol business and legislative reforms appear to be heading in that direction Read More
There is usually a big legislative storm prior to the crossover deadline, but this year it may have been the quiet before the storm Read More
As my colleague, Terry Stoops relayed yesterday, the national “pay for admission” scandal at some of the country’s elite universities that has shocked and appalled so many of us appears to... Read More
The governor’s behind it, and state Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen is for it. Some freshmen legislators have made it a priority, some leaders in the N.C. House think... Read More
The 2019-20 General Assembly gets down to business next week. Without a Republican supermajority, a governor who is all too happy to veto and/or sue and everyone vying for a political advantage in the... Read More
