by Thomas Mills | Apr 26, 2013 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov |
With Republicans controlling both houses of the legislature and the Governor’s mansion, the divide in Raleigh today is far less about partisanship than about the rural-urban split in the state. For his part, Pat McCrory brings the perspective of a big city mayor and...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 16, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGov
The budget is not even out and two major legislative fights are already brewing. The first is the governor’s proposal to privatize Medicaid and the second is Rep. Skip Stam’s proposal to use school vouchers. The success of both measures depend on the willingness of...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 15, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NC Politics, NCGov
Rose Hoban at North Carolina Health News convincingly takes on the notion that Medicaid is broken by interviewing the experts. Since January, state officials have maintained that North Carolina Medicaid is “broken.” Last month, Gov. Pat McCrory proposed an...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 15, 2013 | Economy, Editor's Blog, Health Care, NC Politics, NCGov |
George W. Bush once said that he governed from the gut. He sounded tough and a lot of people liked that he didn’t let all those pesky facts get in the way. It wasn’t until we found ourselves mired in two wars and a crumbling economy that we realized his instincts were...
