Provisions in the senate budget would repeal NC’s hospital capacity regulation laws, trim vacant state jobs and increase child care subsidy rates.

Why it matters: The State Health Plan, which covers nearly 750,000 North Carolinians, currently has a deficit of more than $500 million, and one estimate shows it could reach $1.4 billion by the ...

North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner spoke with WRAL News about plans to tackle the state health plan deficit, bringing back coverage of popular weight-loss drugs, and a new investment ...

North Carolina’s state budget battle is heating up as the Republican-led Senate and newly elected Democratic Gov. Josh Stein ...

The Senate budget proposal includes funding for the State Health Plan and state employee benefits, praised by Treasurer Briner.

Millions of dollars in a new state budget proposal could allow for the return of GLP-1 coverage for some state employees.