by Thomas Mills | Oct 3, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov |
Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is telling the truth on the GOP. After news came out that North Carolina’s insurance rates would be, on average, higher than the nation as a whole, Goodwin told us why. It seems that in their effort to delay and obstruct Obamacare,...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 24, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
Well, one thing about the Department of Health and Human Services is certain: If it wasn’t really broken before Aldona Wos showed up on the scene, it sure is now. She and her boss, the Governor, like to mention what a mess they inherited. But it’s looking more and...
by Matt Phillippi | Sep 23, 2013 | Environment, Features, NCGov |
A couple of weeks ago, another 20+ year veteran of state government service quit due to concerns about how the new administration was handling her department. Susan Wilson, a regional regulator for the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, was not the highest...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 20, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP, NCGov |
Well, it looks like it’s not only Democrats smelling blood in the water, Republicans are, too. Governor Pat McCrory has been so hapless and inept that even the GOP sees him as lame duck just nine months into his first term. While the dissatisfaction has bubbled under...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 19, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NCGov |
What is it with Pat McCrory and the Department of Health and Human Services? Yesterday, news outlets across the state reported that Secretary Aldona Wos had made yet another political hire with an inflated salary. So when I heard McCrory was calling a news conference,...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 16, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGov
At the end of his first term, George Bush was asked what he would have done differently. He couldn’t think of one thing. Everything was lovely despite wars without end, 9/11, exploding deficits and a housing bubble that was just a few years from bursting. Pat McCrory...
