With no new NC budget plan in sight, Stein outlines $1.4B proposal ‘to fill the gap’ Democratic Gov. Josh Stein is proposing a $1.4 billion plan to fund some immediate needs including Medicaid and state employee raises.

If you were over 8 months late finishing the most important responsibility at your job, what would happen? Because that's how late NC Republicans are with the state budget. #ncpol #ncgov #ncga #stillnobudget
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The deadline for NC's Republican-controlled legislature to pass a budget was on July 1st. Five months later, teachers & other state workers are still without a raise and Medicaid patients are without vital health care. #ncpol #ncga #stillnobudget

$33 million budget shortfall leads to widespread layoffs in Medicaid Ombudsman program • Asheville Watchdog Nearly 40 employees connected to North Carolina’s Medicaid Ombudsman program, including nine at Pisgah Legal Services, will lose their jobs by the end of the year because of a $33 million shortfall in...

The failure of the Republican-controlled NC legislature to fully fund Medicaid will not only effect medical care. It also means less help finding resources like social workers, legal aid, housing, & food assistance. #ncpol #medicaid #stillnobudget
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