Attorneys: Let Medicaid Expansion Process Continue In NC
Gov. Roy Cooper's administration is asking a federal judge to let him continue to take first steps toward expanding Medicaid coverage in North Carolina to potentially hundreds of thousands of uninsured people.
In a filing Monday, attorneys said GOP legislators are overreacting to Cooper's plan to submit an amendment to the state Medicaid plan.
U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan said in court documents that she plans to hold a conference call Friday with attorneys.
Cooper: Talks Continue With GOP To Repeal LGBT Law
Gov. Roy Cooper says a deal with legislative leaders to repeal a bill that directs which bathrooms transgender people can use in some buildings is still possible.
The Charlotte Observer reports that Cooper discussed House Bill 2 at the YMCA's annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Charlotte.
Cooper says GOP House and Senate leaders want a majority of Republicans to support repeal. Cooper argues that repeal would pass with a coalition of Republicans and Democrats. A possible repeal fell apart in December.
City Of Greensboro Employees Form Union
City workers in Greensboro have decided to form a union to lobby for higher pay and better working conditions.
Charles French, an employee in the city's sanitation department, is the president of the Greensboro City Worker's Union, which numbers about 60 people.
French tells the News and Record of Greensboro that understaffing and lack of workplace protections is taking a toll on some city departments.
Police officers and firefighters already have their own unions.
French says other city employees would like official City Council recognition for their union.
The group will be holding an informational picket in front of City Hall on Tuesday afternoon.
Some Forsyth County Residents Lose Recycling Pickup
Forsyth County commissioners are getting complaints from residents of unincorporated areas, where recycling is no longer picked up.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports the company that contracted to collect curbside recycling in those areas didn't renew its contract. Waste Industries ended recycling pickup at the end of 2016.
The newspaper reports the company was operating at a loss with about 12 percent of the 22,000 people in unincorporated Forsyth subscribing to the service.
Singer Nina Simone's Birthplace In Tryon For Sale For $95K
The small wooden cottage that was the birthplace of singer, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone is for sale in Tryon.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reports the current owner of the 664-square-foot home has done work to shore up the foundation and restore the interior of the cottage in hopes of it being used as a museum.
The asking price for the home built in 1930 is $95,000 in cash.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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