NC Treasurer Briner sounds alarm on pension and Health Plan deficits
North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner gave an overview at Tuesday’s Council of State meeting of some of the challenges his department is facing this year. For context, he started with the state’s...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery Act of 2025 to allocate additional $500 million for Helene...
While the General Assembly passed approximately $1 billion in disaster relief for western North Carolina last year, the Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 Part I was filed this week and would appropriate an...
View ArticleNueva legislación apunta a los mandatos de seguro de salud
Algunos legisladores estatales en la Cámara de Representantes de la Asamblea General de Carolina del Norte han presentado una legislación para divulgar el costo de los mandatos de seguro médico para...
View ArticleLos estudiantes de escuelas privadas y en el hogar podrían practicar deportes...
El miércoles, los senadores de Carolina del Norte Ralph Hise, republicano por Mitchell; Carl Ford, republicano por Rowan; y Amy Galey, republicana por Alamance, presentaron un proyecto de ley que...
View ArticleLos legisladores estatales avanzan con el proyecto de ley de atención médica...
La Asamblea General de Carolina del Norte está dando pasos para abordar los altos costos de la atención médica en el estado, y dos comités del Senado aprobaron el miércoles un proyecto de ley que...
View ArticleEl Tesorero de Carolina del Norte, Briner, alerta sobre los pensiones y...
El tesorero estatal de Carolina del Norte, Brad Briner, presentó una descripción general en la reunión del Consejo de Estado del martes sobre algunos de los desafíos que enfrenta su departamento este...
View ArticleBill would repeal payroll dues deduction for state employee associations
This week, Senators Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell; Todd Johnson, R-Union; and Buck Newton, R-Wilson, filed a bill that would end allowing state employees to automatically pay association dues straight from...
View ArticleBill would help curb student smartphone use during class
A bill introduced Wednesday in the North Carolina Senate aims to empower local school districts to restrict the use of smartphones and similar devices during instructional time in public schools....
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Causey stresses need for flood insurance after Helene at Council of State...
At Tuesday’s Council of State meeting, North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey, a Republican, once again stressed the need for flood insurance after the devastation left behind by...
View ArticleRiggs, elections board signal plans to take ballot dispute back to federal court
The North Carolina State Board of Elections and state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs plan to take a ballot dispute back to federal court if they lose at the state court level. The board and Riggs...
View ArticleLa Ley de Recuperación de Desastres de 2025 asignará $500 millones...
Si bien el año pasado la Asamblea General aprobó aproximadamente mil millones de dólares en ayuda para desastres en el oeste de Carolina del Norte, esta semana se presentó la Parte I de la Ley de...
View ArticleProyecto de ley ayudaría a frenar el uso de teléfonos inteligentes de...
Un proyecto de ley presentado el miércoles en el Senado de Carolina del Norte tiene como objetivo facultar a los distritos escolares locales para restringir el uso de teléfonos inteligentes y...
View ArticleProyecto de ley derogaría deducción de cuotas salariales para asociaciones de...
Esta semana, los senadores Ralph Hise, republicano por Mitchell; Todd Johnson, republicano por Union; y Buck Newton, republicano por Wilson, presentaron un proyecto de ley que pondría fin a la...
View ArticleWaste Watch: DOGE looks to pinch some pennies
Are pennies on the chopping block? It costs more than three cents to make the one-cent penny, and The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has a bold idea: it may be time to coin a new era by...
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Trump halts offshore wind expansion, citing whale deaths and energy costs
On the day of his swearing-in, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump issued an executive order that effectively halted the Biden administration’s push to rapidly develop offshore wind development...
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State Health Plan board agrees to consider possibly raising premiums later...
At a meeting on Friday, the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees discussed potential solutions to address the plan’s projected deficit—$507 million in 2026 and between $800 million and...
View ArticleTrial judge rejects Griffin’s NC Supreme Court ballot challenges
A Wake County Superior Court judge rejected North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to throw out 65,000 ballots from his recent election against Democrat Allison Riggs....
View ArticleCausey fines UnitedHealthcare $3.4 million for unfair billing practices
An investigation into unfair billing practices that lasted more than four years led North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to fine UnitedHealthcare of North Carolina Inc. and its affiliate...
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Las tropas de Fort Bragg se desplegarán en la frontera sur
Nota del editor: Esta historia ha sido actualizada para reflejar el cambio de nombre de Fort Liberty a Fort Bragg. El Departamento de Defensa de los EE. UU. emitió la siguiente declaración el lunes:...
View ArticleCarolina del Norte avanza la adopción de criptomonedas con un nuevo proyecto...
El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Carolina del Norte, Destin Hall, republicano por Cladwell, presentó el lunes una legislación sobre criptomonedas que permitiría al estado invertir en...
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