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July 3, 2025 6:18 am

Governor Josh Stein urges North Carolina's House delegation to vote against the Senate's reconciliation bill, citing concerns over Medicaid, SNAP, and clean energy tax credits. The bill could lead to 520,000 North Carolinians losing their health insurance, 1.4 million without food assistance, and up to 45,000 jobs lost in the clean energy sector.

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I'm Nick Craig. Good morning to you. As we come on the air this morning, debate is continuing live in the North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives over Trump's big beautiful bill. It did pass a procedural vote last night. The House Minority Leader and Hakeem Jeffries currently debating the bill on the floor.

This is all followed up by a letter from Governor Josh Stein to all members of the North Carolina delegation in the House of Representatives. His letter reads as follows: Dear members of the North Carolina Congressional Delegation. I write today with deep concerns regarding the Senate budget reconciliation bill that would impose sweeping changes to Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, and tax credits for clean energy and manufacturing. This bill has moved at a breakneck pace, leaving North Carolinians without ample time to provide feedback on the devastating impacts this would have on our state. As the bill returns to the House, I urge you to press pause on the bill because of the immediate and long-term threat it poses to the health and well-being of North Carolinians and the economic stability of our state.

The governor focusing on those three issues, Medicaid, Snap and tax credits. For Medicaid, he writes, the stakes for North Carolina could not be higher. The latest estimates are that five hundred and twenty North Carolinians will lose their health insurance due to the proposed changes to Medicaid. Marketplace health plans, and if the marketplace subsidies expire at the end of 2025. the number of uninsured North Carolinians could increase further to sweep into more than six hundred seventy thousand people enrolled on Medicaid expansion without changes by Congress or the General Assembly.

Medicaid now provides critical health insurance to more than one and four North Carolinians. The governor continues by urging members of Congress by saying the Senate bill includes deep cuts to North Carolina's Medicaid program. With North Carolina set to lose $39.9 billion in Medicaid funding over the next decade, the Senate version of House Resolution 1 targets hospitals and health care providers funding by phasing out critical financing tools like state directive payments and sharply reduces provider taxes. Our state health care association has warned that this plan will result in the closure of beds, services, and numerous hospitals, particularly in rural North Carolina. When hospitals reduce service or close its doors, it's not just Medicaid recipients who suffer, but the entire community.

He goes on to talk about how the state-directed health plans do subsidize some of the access and stabilization program throughout the state of North Carolina and notes that this funding cannot be made, writing, North Carolina cannot meet rising costs or pay for compliances of new federal mandates like work requirements. Additionally, state law currently requires Medicaid expansion to end if the provider tax revenues are insufficient. The Senate proposal would take away North Carolina's ability to adjust current provider taxes or levy new provider taxes, ultimately jeopardizing Medicaid expansion and the coverage it now provides to more than 670,000 North Carolinians. As currently written in state statute, if the federal government does not hold up their 9010 federal to state match on Medicaid, as the law is written right now, North Carolina would be required to cancel the Medicaid expansion that happened a little less than two years ago.

Now, focusing on SNAP, Governor Josh Stein urges Congress by saying SNAP faces equally serious threats. SNAP remains a lifeline to over 1.4 million children, older adults, veterans, people with disabilities, and working families who rely on it for basic food security. Both House and Senate versions of the bill propose shifting food benefit costs to the state, ending a fifty year bipartisan understanding that SNAP benefits are fully federally funded. Based on USDA data released this week, North Carolina's latest payment error rate of 10.2 percent would put our state in the highest bracket of the cost share, 15 percent. requiring our state to pay a staggering $420 million annually under the Senate plan.

If North Carolina cannot pay that share, we could be forced to end our SNAP program entirely. The effects would be devastating to more than 1.4 million North Carolinians who stand to lose access to essential food services excuse me, essential food assistance. Moreover, SNAP is an important economic driver, especially in rural North Carolina. These proposals could jeopardize businesses like rural grocery stores and harm our agriculture industry.

Now focusing on tax credits, the governor says the Senate bill would also have numerous damaging consequences for North Carolina's economy given our emergence as a top destination for clean energy technology investments and jobs. Since the second quarter of 2022, more than $24 billion in clean energy or green energy technology investments have been announced across North Carolina. which already or will soon employ tens of thousands of people in each of the fourteen congressional districts in our state. More than 100,000 North Carolinians are already employed in the clean energy sector. Further, both the House and Senate versions of this bill would limit our ability to install cost-effective wind and solar power systems that keep energy prices low and ensure energy adequacy with demand for energy increases rising.

The Senate bill significantly raises taxes on North Carolina's clean energy industry with harmful impacts. It would cost up to 45,000 jobs in our state by 2030 and decreases the state GDP by up to $67 billion between 2025 and 2034 as clean energy manufacturing and construction projects are canceled or scaled back. On top of that, the removal of tax credits for wind and solar energy will make electricity in North Carolina as much as 18 percent more expensive, increasing the average family's electricity bill by up to $275 each year. At a time when demand for electricity to serve new manufacturing, population growth and data centers is exploding, the Senate's proposal to remove tax credits to support the fastest and cheapest energy generation development is untenable. Governor Stein wrapping up his letter by writing, voices across North Carolina are sounding the alarm.

our hospitals, health care providers, county leaders, state leaders, business leaders, workers, nonprofits and most importantly, the people who rely on these essential services and industries every day. Many North Carolinians are worried about feeding their families, being able to continue to see their doctor, or keeping their jobs. We are united in our concern that this reconciliation bill would also undo decades of bipartisan progress and harm the health, well-being, and economic security of our individuals, families, and communities. I urge you to oppose this bill. Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter and for your service on behalf of all North Carolinians.

Signed sincerely, Josh Stein, Governor of North Carolina. This all happening again as debate is happening live right now in the United States House of Representatives. A procedural vote on the Big Beautiful bill did pass with 220 votes in the House last night. As we look at the progress of this legislation today, it did overcome that reconciliation vote, and now the House is debating before a final vote. Is expected as early as within just a couple of hours today.

Stick with News Talk 1110 and 99.3 WBT throughout the day for the latest on the Big Beautiful Bill and its continued movement up in Washington, D.C. The governor also signing and vetoing various pieces of legislation yesterday afternoon. We'll get into some of those details coming up here in just a few minutes. Take jumbo. Looking for excitement?

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21 plus terms and conditions apply. It's 5:20. Welcome back to the Carolina Journal News Hour, News Talk 11:10, 99.3 WBT. Turning our attention to some statewide news this morning, Governor Josh Stein signed seven bills into law yesterday and vetoed three, including a bill that would eliminate the state's statutory goal to cut carbon emissions by 70% by the year 2030. According to its supporters, Senate Bill 266, the Power Reduction Act, would help save electricity customers nearly $15 billion by reducing construction and compliance costs tied to future power generation.

The bill's centerpiece is the repeal of the 2030 interim carbon reduction target originally set in House Bill 951. It retains the longer-term 2050 carbon neutrality goal, but removes the earlier benchmark that state regulators now estimate would add $13 billion in costs for new power infrastructure. Donald Bryson, the CEO of the John Locke Foundation, said, by repealing the interim 70% carbon reduction mandate by 2030, this legislation removes a key pressure point that would have shoehorned non-dispatchable resources like wind and solar onto North Carolina's grid regardless of cost or reliability. This is a smart, bipartisan step that gives the Utilities Commission more flexibility to pursue a balanced energy mix that keeps power affordable and dependable for ratepayers and businesses alike. The bill will reduce consumer electricity costs by a total of $15 billion through the policy change, which also includes a financing requirement that reduces the cost of constructing new natural gas and nuclear power plants by about 5%.

It also protects consumers from rate hikes and unnecessary and unexpected costs associated with fuel costs, according to the legislation and its supporters in the House and Senate. The passage of Senate Bill 266 was labeled a key vote by the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, saying an all of the above approach to energy is needed for growing energy demands. The Chamber wrote in a statement last month, as North Carolina's affiliate for the National Association of Manufacturers, we recognize the importance of this critical policy. especially to manufacturing communities that require certainty and predictability in its power twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. If we are to continue attracting economic investments, reliable, affordable energy must continue to be a top priority.

The governor, however, disagreed with not only the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, but many members of the North Carolina General Assembly, saying in a press release that recent independent analysis of Senate Bill 266 shows that the bill could in fact cost North Carolinian ratepayers up to $23 billion through 2050 due to higher fuel costs. The governor said in his veto statement, the summer's record heat and soaring utility bills has shown that we need to focus on lowering electrical costs for working families, not raising them. And as our state continues to grow, we need to diversify our energy portfolio so that we are not overly reliant on natural gas and its volatile fuel markets. This bill not only makes everyone's utility bills more expensive, but also shifts the cost of electricity from large industrial users onto the backs of regular people. Families will pay more, so that industry pays less.

Additionally, he said that the bill walks back the state's commitment to reduce carbon emissions, sending the wrong signal to businesses that want to be part of our state's clean energy economy. The governor said, My job is to do everything in my power to lower costs and grow the economy. This bill fails that test. Senate Leader Phil Berger clapping back at the governor saying, Josh Stein is a Green New Deal radical. His veto of the common sense bill, which would have saved North Carolinians $15 billion on their electric bill, proves it.

I look forward to leading the North Carolina Senate in overriding Governor Josh Stein's veto. House Speaker Destin Hall, the Republican out of Caldwell County, also commenting on the veto, saying, I'm disappointed in the governor's veto of the Power Bill Reduction Act, which would have delivered cheap, reliable energy to North Carolina. Cut the red tape that is choking innovation and long-term energy solutions and saved consumers over $12 billion. Considering the strong bipartisan support in both chambers, we anticipate overriding this veto. And if we look at some of the details of Senate Bill 266 and truly how bipartisan of a piece of legislation it was, well, the most recent votes on this in the House back last month, June the 10th, it did pass in a 75 to 36 vote.

And in the Senate, it passed 29 to 11.

So it does, in fact, reach that bipartisan threshold that both Destin Hall and House and Senate leader Phil Berger referenced. That is going to be yet another piece of legislation likely added to the veto calendar coming up here soon. Stein also vetoed House Bill five hundred forty eight, which clarifies powers of the state auditor. That legislation would give the auditor broader access to state agency databases, digital records, facilities and property. Access would also be extended to private entities handling public funds or involved in government programs.

That means that any entity receiving state or federal funds would be subject to the review of the state auditor. The bill reads, The auditor and the auditor's authorized representatives may examine all books and accounts of any individual, firm, or corporation only as it relates to transactions with any agency of the state. Stein commented on the legislation by saying House Bill 549 would grant the auditor sweeping access to data and records of any private corporation that accepts any amount of state funding. Giving the auditor this intrusive power may undermine our state's efforts to recruit businesses to North Carolina. Additionally, the bill would remove the office of the state auditor from the state's cybersecurity efforts led by the Department of Information Technology, putting North Carolina's personal identifying information at a heightened risk of a breach, according to the governor.

State Auditor Dave Bollick commented on Stein's veto of the bill, saying in a press release that it is written to protect the independence of the State Auditor's Office, and throughout the process they were transparent, incorporating feedback from the legislature and the governor's office. Dave Bollock writing in a press release, the autonomy and independence of watchdog agencies like the State Auditor's Office, especially with regard to information technology and our ability to examine data when conducting audits, is critical to our mission. Governor Stein's veto undercuts the important principles of accountability and transparency that taxpayers expect from their government. Further, as the governor is aware, our office already has the authority to hold those who receive tax dollars accountable. I have confidence that the legislature will stand up for these principles and override the governor's veto.

His third veto yesterday, that being Democrat Governor Josh Steins, was Senate Bill 254, which was changes to charter schools. He said in the press release, the governor, Senate Bill 254 is an unconstitutional infringement on the authority of the State Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction. Additionally, it weakens accountability of charter schools when every North Carolina student deserves excellent public schools, whether traditional or charter. The governor, like his predecessor, continues to be against opportunities for school choice here in North Carolina. He did veto Senate Bill 254.

However, he did sign multiple pieces of legislation into law. Most of them are not things that we have necessarily talked about. These are relatively minor bills. But for those keeping track at home, House Bill 620, House Bill 928, House Bill 768, Senate Bill 472, Senate Bill 710, Senate Bill 690, and Senate Bill 387 were all signed into law. Those just deal with a variety of mundane issues across the state.

Three more major vetoes for the North Carolina, the new North Carolina governor. As we keep an eye on the General Assembly, we are expecting them to begin their 4th of July recess coming up this week. Lawmakers will be out of Raleigh for at least a couple of weeks before they make their way back. In the latter parts of July, they will have multiple veto overrides on their calendar. Also, debates over the budget and mini budgets do continue as well.

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Terms and conditions apply. It's 5:37. Welcome back to the Carolina Journal News Hour. News Talk 1110-993WBT. A recent Catawba College YouGov poll reveals a mixed political landscape in North Carolina.

With President Donald Trump's approval rating dipping compared to recent months, the survey, which was conducted June the 10th through the 26th, asked more than a thousand North Carolinians about their views on national and state leaders, as well as their opinion on key policy issues. The poll shows that 50% of respondents disapproved of Trump's performance compared to 46 who approved. Strong disapproval is significant at 43%, while 30% expressed strong approval.

However, support for the president generally follows partisan loyalties, with 92% of Republicans approving and 89% of Democrats disapproving. Independents leaning a slightly towards disapproval with a 59% unfavorability toward the President compared to 36% who approve. Key demographic insights highlighted a gender gap in some of these results, with 54% of men approving Trump, while 57% of women disapproved. Among racial groups, white residents were broadly supportive, 57%, while black respondents, 75% and 61% of Hispanics, said that they disapproved of the job that President Trump was doing. Younger generations also seeing some discrepancies there as well, including millennials and Gen Z.

They tend to be more critical of the president, with 52% disapproving.

Meanwhile, residents in the central urban areas showed the highest disapproval at 65% compared to more favorable ratings in rural areas at 53% approval and suburban areas at a 58% approval as well. Dr. Michael Blitzer, the professor of politics and history director for the Center of North Carolina's Politics and Public Service, said, quote, overall, while the approval and disapproval is within this poll's margin of error, North Carolinians' opinions appear to have turned on the president. Three months ago, the March Catawba College YouGov poll found Trump at a 48% approval to 47% disapproval. With his approval appearing to tick down and disapproval ticking up, the President's first six months have impacted his standing in North Carolina.

Those findings from the poll are consistent with our May Carolina Journal poll, which found Trump's favorability rating had declined to 45% across the state. With this, the poll also asked questions about Republican Senator Tom Tillis. I'll note that this poll was conducted before he announced that he was not running for reelection, his approval rating way underwater at just 33 percent. While 44 percent disapproved of his job performance, even with his party support was soft, only 60 percent of Republicans approved of Tillis. Among Democrats, his approval rose to 63 percent, and Independents had a 52 percent disapproval rate as well.

Tillis faces particular challenges among moderates. 43% disapprove of him, while conservatives mostly approve at 54%. According to the poll, Democrat Governor Josh Stein continues to enjoy a net positive approval rating, with 53% of respondents approving of his leadership compared to only 26 disapproving. You can read additional details on this Catawba College YouGov poll over on our website this morning, CarolinaJournal.com. The headline, new poll shows mixed opinions on Trump Tillis among North Carolinians.

It's now 5.41. You're listening to the Carolina Journal News Hour. We've got a unanimous appeals court decision this morning as it relates to the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system. To walk us through some of those details, Mitch Kokai from the John Locke Foundation joins us on the Carolina Journal News Hour. Mitch, unfortunately, this decision deals with some sexual assaults within the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system.

What are we learning from that unanimous decision earlier this week?

Well, first, it's probably important to note that this deals with events that took place almost a decade ago.

So, people who are listening and perking up and thinking, oh, there's sexual assaults going on in the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system, we're talking about events that took place from 2016 to 2018 and involved one student that we know of.

So, this is certainly for parents, they can put that into perspective. But what happened was there was a contractor or a private group that used Charlotte Mecklenburg schools to do some after-school language programming. It was a company called Play Spanish, and it was owned by a fellow named Ricardo Mata and his wife. And what happened was that there was an allegation from a couple of parents, John and Alicia Brady, that between 2016 and 2018, that Mata sexually assaulted their children. Child while that child was in programs involving play Spanish in both kindergarten and first grade.

Now, the lawsuit was initially filed in 2021, and it was against. Mata against Play Spanish, but also against the Charlotte Mecklerberg schools and three school employees. We're not talking about teachers or principals, but other administrative employees, the head of something called the Community Use in Schools or CUS program, and a couple of people involved in the facilities and how facilities are used by these outside groups.

Now, what happened was the suit was filed in 2021, and in 2024, a judge ruled against the school system and against the three employees on their motion to be dismissed. They're saying we're a government agency, and in terms of the individuals, we are public officials or public employees. We should be immune from this legal liability. The judge initially in that case said no. And the appeals court, as you mentioned unanimously, upheld that decision, saying that this is not a case.

In which the Charlotte McLeanburg schools or the three employees can lose legal liability because of their public employment.

Now, much of the decision deals with a lot of technical issues about What was the role of the school system in here? And is it a government function? Is it sort of a proprietary function where they're just letting some other organization use their facility, but they're not actually involved in a government function?

So a lot of it is really technical, legal, dealing with a lot of precedents that people won't necessarily. Want to know much about. But I think among the more interesting things about this case is something that I don't know has a major impact on the legal outcome, but certainly calls into question why this was able to happen. And that is the opinion, which was written by a judge who we know well from many recent discussions. Judge Jefferson Griffin is the one who wrote this opinion.

And he said that it came to light that in 2013, there was a report that Mata, the head of PlaySpanish, had been involved in an assault on a child. And there was an investigation done at the time, and it was found that there were multiple accusations against him going back to 1993 and through 2009. He had been extradited to Georgia at one point to face a similar charge. And after this investigation was done, MATA talked to the school official. Said he didn't do what he was accused of.

The Investigation was closed down and no principals or parents were ever informed of it.

So regardless of the legal issues that are involved, the idea that the school system knew about this and didn't do anything certainly raises some red flags and raises some questions. What we know from the legal perspective is, based on this decision from the Court of Appeals, that the parents who have sued not only the alleged perpetrator and his company, Play Spanish, but also the Charlotte Mecklenburg schools and these three employees will be able to go forward with the legal action against everyone involved in the suit.

Now, Mitch, I imagine that this situation is similar in other school districts across the state of North Carolina where third-party companies are offering either after-school programs. In this case, we're talking about a language program, and they're using school facilities to do that. Makes sense. The students are already there after their school day. Would this case set legal precedent going forward?

God forbid another situation like this was to unfold somewhere else in the state? It's possible, but it really probably depends on the details of the case. As I mentioned, that if you look at the opinion of 30-some pages, I would guess that 25 to 30 pages deal with. Trying to distinguish this case from other precedents in which something has happened on a school campus and you have to decide whether the school was involved in its government function or whether it was more a proprietary function. That's a lot of what Jefferson Griffin was getting at, in his opinion.

So, if the facts of the case are very different from this case, then that precedent wouldn't hold. But certainly, one thing this tells you is that there's not this blanket government immunity that the school system and these employees can rely on. That there are some cases, and this is one in which the Court of Appeal says it's true, that you do not have this immunity based on what happened. And I think that is something for school systems and other government agencies that allow outside groups to use their facilities will need to keep in mind. And certainly, based on the facts as alleged in this case, If they're true, you would have to wonder why, after this 2013 report about some incident involving potential assault, where the criminal background check turned up information about all a bunch of other accusations that took place years earlier, why after that point, Didn't something else happen involving this group play Spanish that might have helped avoid what happened from 2016 to 2018, three years after that initial report?

Yeah, I could see some arguing complete and total incompetence there from the school district. Mitch, thanks for the update this morning. We appreciate it. You can read some additional details on this story by visiting our website this morning, CarolinaJournal.com. It is Ryan here, and I have a question for you.

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Terms and conditions apply. Good morning again. It's 5:54. Welcome back to the Carolina Journal News Hour, News Talk 1110, 99.3 WBT. As we continue our show live this Thursday morning, debate continuing on the floor of the United States House of Representatives over Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill.

Governor Josh Stein urging North Carolina's House delegation yesterday to vote against the reconciliation bill. The governor writing in his statement, This legislation is being rushed through at a time when many North Carolinians who are worried about feeding their families, being able to continue seeing their doctor or keeping their jobs. This reconciliation bill would undo decades of bipartisan progress and harm the health, well-being, and economic security of people, families, and communities in our state. I urge you to oppose. The bill.

The governor highlighting three different areas of the legislation, Medicaid, SNAP, as well as clean energy tax credits that he is against. The governor writes, under the Senate's reconciliation bill, an estimated 520,000 North Carolinians could lose their health insurance due to proposed changes to Medicaid, marketplace health plans, and if the marketplace subsidies expire at the end of 2025. The number of uninsured North Carolinians could increase further without action at the federal and state level to protect the more than 670,000 people who enrolled in Medicaid expansion. Turning his attention to SNAP, the governor writes, SNAP faces equally serious threats under the Senate proposal. North Carolina is expected to owe as much as $420 million annually to keep SNAP funded.

If the state cannot pay that share, it would be forced to end the program completely, leaving 1.4 million North Carolinians, including 600,000 children, without food assistance. Moreover, this proposal would jeopardize the well-being of both farmers and rural grocery stores, which depend on SNAP for their bottom line. Talking about tax credits, the governor writes, North Carolina's leadership in clean energy in the clean energy economy means that the Senate proposal would stunt the state's economic progress. More than 100,000 North Carolinians are currently employed in the clean energy sector, but the loss of clean energy and manufacturing tax credits could cost up to 45,000 jobs. The removal of tax credits for wind and solar energy will make electricity in North Carolina as much as 18% more expensive, increasing the average family electrical bill by $275 a year.

Governor Stein also vetoed a piece of legislation yesterday that would have reduced electrical bills in the state by about $13 billion over the next couple of years, vetoing Senate Bill 266. That and two other pieces of legislation, all vetoed by the governor yesterday. afternoon.

Well, it is a busy morning here on News Talk 1110 and 99.3 WBT. Continued coverage throughout the day of the House and their vote on the big, beautiful bill. We're back with you tomorrow morning, 5-6, right here on News Talk 11-10 and 99.3 WBT. It is Ryan here, and I have a question for you. What do you do when you win?

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