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North Carolina needs to boost transportation funding by 30%, experts say.

Three Democrats seek nomination in N.C. state treasurer race

N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell criticizes Atrium Health-Wake Forest Health combination

The N.C.Chamber is holding a conference this week to help North Carolina improve its weak record for health care — 33rd for its mix of high costs and weak patient outcomes, according to a United [...]

Tryon Medical Partners, the Charlotte area’s biggest independent physicians’ practice, says it signed a contract to join the North Carolina State Health Plan network. The move aligns the [...]

Lee Isley took on an intriguing challenge when he became CEO of Nash UNC Health Care in Rocky Mount a year and a half ago. The hospital in the home county of Governor Roy Cooper hasn’t had an [...]

North Carolina’s hospitals remain strongly opposed to changes that would enable the State Health Plan to reduce the amount it pays for many hospital procedures for its 700,000 members. But [...]

Divisiveness, declining finances and flagging football fortunes marked Cecil Staton’s tenure as leader of eastern North Carolina’s most critical institution.

A hospital system CEO and North Carolina’s treasurer bicker over pricing, cost shifting and growth — with huge implications for eastern North Carolina.

Debates over tax policy, education funding and higher-education governance involve well-meaning people with widely divergent views.