Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker and her team presented a sober economic picture of North Carolina last week to several hundred business leaders and economic developers from the Triad. The visual... Read More
Medicaid spending has grown dramatically, while patient health outcomes have declined, as North Carolina has relied on Community Care of North Carolina to serve most Medicaid patients. A new Policy... Read More
Even many Republicans agree that they lost the battle over the shutdown and the debt ceiling. The tea party walked the country to the edge of economic ruin and their party to the edge of political... Read More
Ohio and North Carolina partisans, who have sniped at each other in a century-long struggle over the Wright Brothers legacy, will join forces this week for a First-in-Flight feud with a new common... Read More
If the Obamacare enrollment website seems like a tangled mess, just wait for the lawsuits. The potential for a morass of litigation over who’s responsible for the problems that have plagued the... Read More
The folks at the North Carolina Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform (of which NC Policy Watch is a member) are on a tour of the state these days, renewing their call for a long overdue... Read More
The Republican National Committee is intensifying its outreach efforts to African-American voters in North Carolina. The RNC opened an “engagement office” in Charlotte on Monday in what state GOP... Read More
We all make mistakes. We err as individuals and as members of groups. All businesses commit errors. All churches, charities, and voluntary associations stumble. All governments screw up. Of course... Read More
Speaker of the House Thom Tillis? Not as popular with campaign donors as the $1 million he said he'd raise might lead you to believe. The Associated Press moved this a little while ago: Click here... Read More
Layton Long, Jr., head of environmental health at the state Department of Health and Human Services, resigned Monday. His resignation is effective in 30 days. Long has worked at the state Department... Read More
