By Jaymie Baxley and Rose Hoban Statehouse leaders have finally announced a budget deal, which will fund the state and also allow for Medicaid expansion to go into effect in coming months. For weeks, leaders in the Senate and the House of Representatives tussled over the issue of adding legalization of casinos into the $30 […]

Author Archives: Jaymie Baxley
Jaymie Baxley reports on rural health and Medicaid for North
Carolina Health News. Before joining the team in May 2023, he
covered public safety, county government and the COVID-19
pandemic for The Pilot newspaper in Moore County.
Reach him at jbaxley at northcarolinahealthnews.org