State and federal lawmakers are now into some of the busiest days of their respective 2023 sessions, and as NC Newsline was was reminded once again in a conversation with Congresswoman Deborah Ross of North Carolina’s Second District, policy divisions on

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State Representative Deb Butler of New Hanover County discusses Governor Coopers approval of legislation to expand the states Medicaid program and her hopes that her Republican colleagues wont sabotage it by inserting poison pills into the state budget

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North Carolina took a big and important step toward making Medicaid expansion a reality last week when Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bill to make it the 40th state to take the plunge. As welcome as this news is, however, it’s important to point out that expans

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