Opioid funding tweaks could mean changes

Linda Rider

By Taylor Knopf North Carolina lawmakers passed their state budget compromise last week, and there was a noticeable change in the way they described funding to help people with substance use disorder. Past budgets provided funds for “substance use disorder treatment” or “recovery services,” but failed to be specific about […]

NC veterans agency ignores nursing home assessment deadline

Linda Rider

By Thomas Goldsmith Until they heard from Gov. Roy Cooper, the state Division of Military and Veterans Affairs slow-walked directives and missed legislative deadlines to look into the state veterans nursing home system and to report regularly on their progress, state records show.  Provisions in the state budget bill passed […]