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House Republicans Pitching Medicaid Expansion In North Carolina Again
Some North Carolina House Republicans are expected to pitch again their idea to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of uninsured people through the 2010 federal health care law.
They scheduled a Legislative Building news conference on Tuesday to unveil a measure.
In 2017, many of the same GOP House members offered an expansion initiative called "Carolina Cares" that also required recipients to pay monthly premiums and to work.
Bill Would Allow Four Counties To Pay Victims Of NC Eugenics Program
A bipartisan group of local lawmakers has filed legislation that would allow four counties, including Guilford and Forsyth, to compensate victims of an old state eugenics program.
The payments would come from the counties' general funds, and it's not clear if their boards of commissioners will choose to provide the money.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports that the payments would be made at the discretion of each board and would remain confidential.
North Carolina ran a forced sterilization program for 45 years, ending in 1974. As of February of last year, a compensation program had paid about $45,000 to more than 200 victims who were determined to have been involuntarily sterilized.
Republican Hopefuls To Succeed Jones Attending Forum
More than a dozen Republicans seeking to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Walter Jones Jr. are making their case to party activists in northeastern North Carolina at a special meeting.
Local GOP leaders say 15 of the 17 Republicans who filed to run in the 3rd Congressional District primary plan to attend a public forum Tuesday evening at Currituck County Middle School.
Republicans, Democrats and Libertarians hold primary elections April 30, with runoffs July 9 if a leading primary candidate doesn't get above 30 percent of the vote. The general election would be Sept. 10 if any primary runoff is required.
2 Arrested For Vandalizing UNC Memorial
Police at North Carolina's flagship public university say they've arrested two people accused of vandalizing a monument to enslaved and free black workers who built the school.
University of North Carolina police say 31-year-old Ryan Francis Barnett of Sanford and 50-year-old Nancy Rushton McCorkle of Newberry, South Carolina, were arrested Monday. They face misdemeanor charges of damaging property and ethnic intimidation.
They're accused of marking the Unsung Founders Memorial last month with what the Chapel Hill campus's interim chancellor said was "racist language."
Confederate Monument In North Carolina Cemetery Defaced Again
A Confederate monument in a North Carolina cemetery has been vandalized.
The News & Observer reports cement or another hard substance was smeared on the monument in Durham's Maplewood Cemetery. Durham police say the vandalism was reported Sunday.
This is at least the second time vandals have defaced the monument created in 2014 by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. In 2015, "Black Lives Matter" and "Tear It Down" were found painted on the monument.
Greensboro Will Host World Irish Dancing Championships
Greensboro is finishing preparations to host a worldwide competition for Irish dancing starting this weekend.
The 2019 World Irish Dancing Championships take place from April 14 through 21 at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro.
The News & Record reports the city won the right to host the championship over Orlando, Florida, and Birmingham, England. This will be only the third time the event has happened in the U.S. over its 49-year history.
The event is expected to attract 5,000 male and female dancers from more than 27 countries. The competition includes solo, folk dancing, figure choreography and dance drama.
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