The chamber gave final approval to its version of Medicaid expansion with a 92-22 vote Thursday.
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NC House Begins Debate on Medicaid Expansion Next Week
Health care providers and patient advocates have been pushing the legislature for years to enact Medicaid expansion. It would allow about 600,000 people to sign up for health insurance.
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NC Supreme Court Agrees to Rehear Voter ID, Redistricting Cases
A majority-Democratic court made previous rulings in these cases. The state’s highest court now has 5-2 Republican majority.
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NC Bill Requiring Schools to Out Transgender Students Draws Fire
Critics of Senate bill 49 call it North Carolina’s version Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law.
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NC House Staffer With Extremist Views Resigns After Two Weeks on the Job
The former House committee staffer appeared on a far-right radio show and allegedly blogged using a pseudonym.
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NC Doctor Challenges State Restrictions on Abortion Pill
State requirements for giving patients the drug mifepristone go beyond what the FDA requires.
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NC Republicans Want Supreme Court Opinions That Went Against Them Tossed
Court rulings striking down a voter ID law as racially discriminatory and redistricting plans as partisan gerrymanders were written and approved by a four-member Democratic majority on the seven-member Supreme Court. Republicans now have a 5-2 majority on the court.
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Democratic Leader: New NC House Rules Would ‘Hold People Hostage’
A proposed rule change would allow Republicans to call snap votes to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes.
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GOP Election Gains Mean a More Conservative Legislature With a Long Agenda
The GOP won a veto-proof majority in the Senate and is one vote shy of a veto-proof majority in the House, making it much more likely that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes can be overturned.
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NC Supreme Court Issues Much-Anticipated Rulings
The North Carolina Supreme Court handed down more than two dozen rulings on Friday, including a trio dealing with high-profile political controversies: voter ID, gerrymandering, and a Confederate statue.