The driving policy issue for the 2019 legislative session has been whether or not the state government should expand the Medicaid program as provided for under the Affordable Care ... Keep Reading
Economics
Judging by the Detroit debate, Democrats are having a hard time with economics
Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg continued to urge adoption of higher minimum wage laws at the Democratic debate in Detroit. Sanders told his ... Keep Reading
Cooper administration uses veterans to advance big-government agenda
Roy Cooper is pulling out all the stops to pass his top big-government priority: Medicaid expansion In a new low, the Cooper administration takes advantage of the state’s ... Keep Reading
NC BUDGET WATCH, Day 33: $1.2 million in corporate incentives per day
Today marks 33 days since Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed House Bill 966 - 2019 Appropriations Act - the budget bill passed by the North Carolina General Assembly. Gov. Roy Cooper's ... Keep Reading
Pork spending totals over $125 million in state budget
The state budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2019-20 – passed by the legislature and vetoed by the governor – contains a staggering $125 million in inappropriate spending for local ... Keep Reading
23 trillion reasons to question any loyalty to either political party
Here is the federal debt clock. Twenty-two trillion-plus and rising is the current federal debt. Government spending is in the news again because of a recent agreement reached by ... Keep Reading
Where did our money go? Hurricane Matthew victims without state aid 3 years later
By Reaghan Waites, Civitas Intern "It's hard, you know. My little girl goes to Princeville school and when I told her that the school actually got flooded, the reaction on her ... Keep Reading
Carolina Cares 2.0: Medicaid expansion by another name is still Medicaid expansion
Each Republican-proposed Medicaid expansion – no matter the name – shares every major defining characteristic of the Democrat-proposed expansion plans. Work requirements, one of ... Keep Reading
A conservative solution to the state budget impasse
First – and this piece is critical -- North Carolina's state government is not experiencing a budget crisis. From a national perspective, going into this year's state ... Keep Reading
NC Budget Compromise: What You Need to Know
by Leah Byers and Brian Balfour This spring, the North Carolina House and Senate have been working on their budget proposals. After weeks of negotiation, the two chambers ... Keep Reading
