NC Medicaid expansion gets serious attention from Senate GOP | Health & Fitness

NC Medicaid expansion gets serious attention from Senate GOP | Health & Fitness

By GARY D. ROBERTSON – Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Senate Republicans are strongly considering legislation that would expand Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults. Such legislation would mark a key step in an extraordinary turnabout by GOP members in the chamber set against expansion for a decade….

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Race tightens as Minnesota GOP picks candidate for governor | Health & Fitness

Race tightens as Minnesota GOP picks candidate for governor | Health & Fitness

By STEVE KARNOWSKI – Associated Press ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Republicans reconvened Saturday to endorse a candidate to challenge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz in the November election, and three candidates were tightly bunched after three ballots. Lexington Mayor Mike Murphy took a razor-thin lead with 31.79% of the vote after dermatologist Neil Shah dropped…

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