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Gov Roy Cooper and other advocates of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina argue consistently that expansion would not cost any state taxpayer dollars A new analysis from the John Locke Foundation and the Ohio-based Buckeye Institute call that claim into question A model based on enrollment estimates and Medicaid costs in expansion states suggests N C budget writers would face a gap of million to million to cover new Medicaid costs Jordan Roberts John Locke Foundation health care policy analyst highlights key points from the new Medicaid expansion analysis A Superior Court judge recently struck down Wilmington's restrictions on vacation [... more]

A three-judge state Superior Court panel has accepted North Carolina's redrawn congressional election map This completes the state's most redistricting fight and sets the stage for elections Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes the impact of court fights that forced Republican legislative leaders to redraw legislative and congressional election maps for the last election preceding a new national census The U S Constitution's First Amendment has come into conflict in recent years with state and local anti-discrimination laws Gregory Wallace Campbell University law professor assesses how this conflict has played out in recent legal disputes As the three-judge redistricting panel [... more]

High Point plans to move forward with a taxpayer-funded downtown baseball stadium despite concerns from some Guilford County commissioners Julie Tisdale John Locke Foundation city and county policy analyst analyzes the latest developments in the debate over devoting tax dollars to baseball in the Triad city Division and debate cropped up to a greater degree than normal in a recent meeting of the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors The fractious meeting had been sparked by concerns over the way board leaders and system President Margaret Spellings handled a controversy surrounding the Chapel Hill campus's Silent Sam Confederate [... more]

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Darrell Allison president of Parents for Education Freedom in North Carolina about PEFNC's new One of campaign which highlights the stories of thousands of parents in North Carolina who have applied for the state's new Opportunity Scholarships Program which is currently on hold due to a federal lawsuit [... more]