News

Folwell, State Health Plan swim against rising tide with denial of insurance coverage to transgender individuals

By Joe Killian
11/14/2018

North Carolina is not the only state whose transgender state employees and dependents are without insurance coverage under their state’s health plan. But the state’s blanket exclusion of treatments for gender dysphoria—from counseling and hormone treatment to gender confirmation surgery—puts it firmly in the minority.

...
Monday Numbers: A closer look at transgender discrimination laws and where NC fits in

Monday Numbers: A closer look at transgender discrimination laws and where NC fits in

By Joe Killian
11/12/2018
Half-truths and sometimes no truth at all: Public debates pollution limits at Enviva’s wood pellet plant in Hamlet

Half-truths and sometimes no truth at all: Public debates pollution limits at Enviva’s wood pellet plant in Hamlet

By Lisa Sorg
11/9/2018
Original Commentary

With the supermajority doomed, North Carolina should reconsider Medicaid expansion

By Billy Ball
11/14/2018

Despite the manufactured panic of the migrant caravan, despite the midterm’s so-called “referendum on Trump,” despite the nation’s nonsensical gun laws, despite an election that often seemed a direct rebuke of misogynist GOP leaders and policies, the pollsters told us the 2018 election would begin and end with healthcare.

...
The next big battle in North Carolina politics is just days away

The next big battle in North Carolina politics is just days away

By Rob Schofield
11/13/2018
The 2018 election: A milestone on the path to change

The 2018 election: A milestone on the path to change

By Steve Ford
11/12/2018
Video
Events