Travis Fain, WRAL — There’s no Medicaid expansion in the budget proposal legislative leaders sent Gov. Roy Cooper this week, House Speaker Tim Moore confirmed Wednesday. That’s not a surprise – the Republican legislative majority has blocked Cooper’s expansion plans for several years running. But there have been indications lately that Senate Republicans, once the key block against expansion, have softened on the issue and that House Republicans, amenable in recent years to a compromise plan, are against including it in this months-overdue spending plan.

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