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Evidence In Contested Congressional Race Gets Airing Feb. 18
North Carolina's new elections board will hear evidence later this month about alleged ballot fraud as it seeks to resolve the nation's last unsettled congressional race.
The five-member State Board of Elections, created last week, said Monday it will hold the Feb. 18 public hearing to weigh evidence collected by investigators and arguments from representatives of Republican Mark Harris and Democrat Dan McCready. The hearing could last two days.
Former House Speaker Among Ethics Panel Appointments
Three former legislators — including a House speaker from the late 1970s — could soon join a newly reconstituted North Carolina State Ethics Commission as the choices of General Assembly leaders.
The state Senate agreed unanimously Monday on how to fill four of eight commission slots. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper picks the other four.
Legislative leaders are appointing former Speaker Carl Stewart of Gaston County, along with recent Sen. Shirley Randleman of Wilkes County, ex-Rep. Roger West of Cherokee County and former Shaw University President Clarence Newsome. The House still must approve these appointments.
Bennett College Surpasses Fundraising Goal
A historically black women's college in North Carolina has soared past the fundraising goal it set in hopes of avoiding losing its accreditation.
Bennett College President Phyllis Worthy Dawkins announced Monday that the school has raised $8.2 million. She made the announcement before students, alumnae and supporters in the school's chapel. The Greensboro school set last Friday as a deadline to raise $5 million to avoid losing its status with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Dawkins says the school has raised enough to produce additional resources and "should be in good shape."
Contracts Awarded To 5 For North Carolina Medicaid Managed Care
North Carolina's health agency has awarded four conventional insurers and one physician partnership the contracts to treat most of the state's Medicaid patients.
The state Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday the winning bidders that will care for 1.6 million Medicaid recipients starting late this year or early next year.
The awards mark the biggest step to date in shifting Medicaid from traditional fee-for-service coverage to those in which companies or medical networks get flat monthly amounts for each patient covered.
AmeriHealth Caritas, WellCare, UnitedHealth Care and Blue Cross and Blue Shield all were awarded statewide contracts, while a group called Carolina Complete Health will receive a contract for two regions of the state.
College Cheerleader Wants Coaches Removed After Alleged Rape
A cheerleader at a North Carolina college wants her coaches fired immediately, saying they failed to report her rape to a school official.
The News & Record reports the unidentified woman who attends North Carolina A&T State University alleges she was raped at a Greensboro apartment complex last fall. The woman says on social media that her coaches met her allegation with "a lack of empathy and responsibility."
The story was first reported by online site HBCU Gameday.
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