by Thomas Mills | May 31, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Obamacare |
In a bipartisan move, our neighbor to the north voted to expand Medicaid, making it the 33rd state to take advantage of Obamacare. Four hundred thousand people in Virginia who lack health insurance will now be covered. Put this win in the elections-have-consequences...
by Thomas Mills | May 15, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
The Republicans in the state senate made school children the whipping boys for Senate Democrats. When Democrats, who are deeply in the minority, held up passing the budget in an attempt to add amendments that would provide more funding for schools, Republicans jammed...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 11, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Obamacare |
For seven years, Republicans vowed to end Obamacare and made every effort possible to sabotage it. When the GOP finally got power, the American public found out Republicans didn’t have a plan and also realized that they didn’t want to go back to the days of...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 16, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Obamacare |
Soon, it looks like we’ll be saying good-bye to Obamacare. Republicans are rejoicing. Democrats are despairing. The 20 million or so people who got heath care coverage because of the program are panicking. Republicans like Paul Ryan call the program a disaster and...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 6, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
For most of the latter half of the 20th century, at least from 1960 on, North Carolina was a state on the move. In contrast to its southern neighbors, North Carolina took a moderate approach to social issues and focused on building a modern economy. In doing so, it...
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