NC Legislative Newsletter
March 3, 2023
The week of February 27 – March 3, lawmakers continued to debate significant legislative priorities and leadership reached an agreement on Medicaid expansion.
In the upcoming week on Monday, March 6, Governor Roy Cooper will give his fourth State of the State address at 7:01 pm. The State of the State will be livestreamed online at pbsnc.org.
Issue Insights
Governor Roy Cooper / North Carolina General Assembly
- Lawmakers have reached an agreement to expand Medicaid in North Carolina with legislation that also reforms the regulatory process for health system expansions (Charlotte Business Journal)
- Governor Roy Cooper Statement on Medicaid Expansion (Press Release)
- House Joint Resolution 175, confirming the Governor’s appointment of Edwin G. Wilson, Jr. as a Special Superior Court Judge, has passed the House (North Carolina General Assembly)
- Governor Roy Cooper announced two judicial appointments to North Carolina Superior and District Courts (Press Release)
- North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will give what’s likely his final State of the State address next week at the Legislative Building (AP News)
- Republican state lawmakers say they want to consider tax cuts this year, thanks to better-than-expected revenue projections (WUNC)
- The North Carolina General Assembly has created a website dedicated to celebrating the Legislative Building in honor of its 60 year anniversary (North Carolina General Assembly)
NC Courts
News Roundup
- Charlotte airport terminal expansion to continue this summer with changes to — and closure of — security checkpoints (WFAE)
- Jerry Richardson, founder of the NFL Carolina Panthers, dies at 86 (Charlotte Business Journal)
- Terry Holland, the man who helped to rekindle and then sustain a winning football program at East Carolina with a fearless big schedule approach, died on Sunday night at the age of 80 (Reflector)
- After 28 years as a law enforcement officer in Burlington, including as chief of police since October 2021, Brian P. Long plans to retire July 1 (The Times News)
- CDC map shows NC down to just 1 county with high COVID-19 levels (WNCN)
- An estimated 15.7 million people traveled along the Blue Ridge Parkway last year, once again making the scenic highway one of the nation’s most-visited national parks (Statesville Record & Landmark)
- Ruby, the 78-foot-tall red spruce that served as the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree last year, has come back to the mountains of western North Carolina from whence it came (The McDowell News)
- It’s March, which officially marks the start of North Carolina’s wildfire season (WUNC)