by Kirk Kovach | Jul 22, 2019 | Issues, Medicaid
Today in the News & Observer, an op-ed ran criticizing the Democrats’ apparent schemes to expand the size of government for no good reason. The piece begins: The Democrats’ plan for Medicaid expansion in North Carolina is not just bad policy, it is also...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 21, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Race
First, if you don’t understand why the president’s tweets telling four brown-skinned Congresswomen to go back to where they came from and the chants of “Send her back” at the Trump rally are racist, you’re probably racist. If you don’t believe it, don’t worry, you’re...
by Kirk Kovach | Jul 16, 2019 | Budget
As we enter yet another week of budget stalemate, the focus remains on a handful of Democratic lawmakers who could make or break the Governor’s veto strategy. Part of the rub with the budget, as Thomas wrote last week, is that the power dynamics in Raleigh have...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 15, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Redistricting
Gerrymandering is back in court today. In North Carolina, that’s been a constant for the past thirty years, regardless of who is in charge. This time, we’re in state court. The Supreme Court decided gerrymandering is not a topic for the federal courts. The fireworks...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 8, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Medicaid, Politics
Today, the legislature is scheduled to vote to override Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of the budget. However, the vote is inextricably tied to Medicaid expansion. Before session began, Cooper said that expanding Medicaid is his top legislative priority and an aide told...
by Kirk Kovach | Jul 2, 2019 | Health Care, The Kovach Corner
Then-candidate Roy Cooper made Medicaid expansion a key plank in his list of issues. Now, two years into his tenure, is the first real opportunity to do it. With Democrats clawing back a handful of seats both in the House and Senate last year, Republicans no longer...
