by Derek Scott | Aug 7, 2019 | Budget, Health Care, Medicaid, North Carolina, Politics
The battle over North Carolina’s 2019-20 and 2020-21 budgets is currently raging a month into overtime. The crux of that fight is, of course, Medicaid expansion. Along the way it has been portrayed by opponents as a liberal hobby horse, a pet project, the most...
by Derek Scott | Jun 5, 2019 | Politics
There’s a common refrain in NC political discourse the past few years that Republican tax cuts have led, or will soon lead, to prosperity in North Carolina. Unfortunately, rhetoric about the effect of the tax cuts tends to simplify the...
