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This is simply a failure of will, and we are here to help impose that will today, so that to me is the simple punchline," said State Treasurer Brad Briner. "I appreciate the leaders of Rocky Mount being here, but we need to get to a place where there is the will to fix a very, very serious problem.”
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2026 @ 8:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dependable Energy Supply Essential to Maintain the State's Economic Growth and Citizens' Economic Stability
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 @ 11:52 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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“I will be the best governor money can’t buy,” said Folwell
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2023 @ 11:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Folwell said the consolidation of healthcare has resulted in lower quality, lower access, and higher cost.
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 @ 7:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Local Government Commission also OKs School, Other Government Building Funding
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 10:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The budget has a surplus of $6 billion, a projected Rainy-Day Fund of $4.75 billion, and a $1 billion State Inflationary Reserve.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2022 @ 11:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a move that will make government-employee pensions less risky for taxpayers, N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell announced Tuesday, Feb. 2, that the assumed rate of return on the main state retirement plan will be lowered.
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 @ 2:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina should avoid borrowing billions, even though the state’s “credit card limit,” a recent study says, is more than $11 billion over the next decade.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2020 @ 12:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state panel that determines how much money North Carolina can prudently borrow over the next 10 years rejected an appeal Wednesday by Gov. Roy Cooper's budget director to triple the state's debt ceiling from $2.03 billion to more than $6 billion.
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2019 @ 2:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This November, North Carolina voters will decide on a constitutional amendment to lower the state's income tax cap from 10 percent to 7 percent
Published: Thursday, September 27th, 2018 @ 2:04 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced today that North Carolina received AAA bond ratings from all three major bond rating agencies. North Carolina is one of only 13 states with that distinction
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2018 @ 11:05 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell gave a chilly reception to issuing a statewide school construction bond even as Gov. Roy Cooper hit the road Tuesday, July 10, pitching one
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2018 @ 10:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Republican-led General Assembly seemed poised to cut the top income-tax rate the state can charge, but the House and Senate can't agree on what that rate should be
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2018 @ 11:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Let's just be really clear about the Build NC Bonds proposal to borrow $3 billion for roads making its way, in different forms, through the North Carolina House and Senate: it's a bad idea
Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2018 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The $23.9 billion state General Fund budget proposal reduces personal and corporate income taxes and increases education spending by nearly $700 million
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2018 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell strongly hinted some of the 601 people terminated from the State Health Plan after a recent eligibility audit could be investigated
Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 @ 7:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Volatility in financial markets related to President Trump's imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs has N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell's attention
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 @ 9:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about local government debt. It all started when I was preparing for a presentation and took a look at the Wake County budget for this year
Published: Friday, March 2nd, 2018 @ 11:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's pension plan value surpassed $100 billion for the first time in recent days, but volatility in the stock market has eroded a chunk of the gains, state Treasurer Dale Folwell reported
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 12:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell knows how to pinch pennies in both his state government role and in his personal life. He showed up at Carolina Journal for an interview with Associate Editor Dan Way, pleased to explain a sack brimming with hot dogs
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 3:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced an investment switch Tuesday that would move billions from the state retirement system to internal control
Published: Friday, November 10th, 2017 @ 4:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell wants to save North Carolina nearly $400 million
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 7:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell hopes the General Assembly will build on its recent boost in the state's Rainy Day Fund with a plan to make state pensions and health benefits more solvent
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2017 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell on Thursday announced that all three major national bond rating agencies reaffirmed the state's "AAA" bond rating.
Published: Saturday, July 8th, 2017 @ 11:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Following is part of an article series sent by incumbent Governor McCrory following Gubernatorial Debate on October 18 with Roy Cooper
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2016 @ 3:48 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Following is part of an article series sent by incumbent Governor McCrory following Gubernatorial Debate on October 11 with Roy Cooper
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 12:37 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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During a contentious debate Tuesday night, Republican state treasurer candidate Dale Folwell hammered repeatedly on the theme that the state health care plan is broke, the state pension plan is underperforming, and his Democratic opponent Dan Blue III attended fundraisers in New York City
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 8:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, said the Senate will push again in the next legislative session to pass a constitutional amendment lowering the cap on the personal income tax rate from 10 percent to 5.5 percent.
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2016 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This morning marked the inaugural sale of the first $200 million of the $2 billion Connect NC bond to support investments in our state's education, parks, National Guard and water and sewer infrastructure introduced by Governor Pat McCrory and overwhelmingly passed by voters in March
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2016 @ 12:06 am
By: McCrory Communications
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"North Carolina's economy is firing on all cylinders," said Governor McCrory. "North Carolina is home to one of the fastest growing economies in the nation, revenues are up above projections, unemployment is at an 8-year-low and more than 275,000 private sector jobs have been added since 2013."
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2016 @ 8:50 am
By: McCrory Communications
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All three major bond rating agencies-Moody's Investor Services, Standard and Poor's and Fitch Ratings-have assigned an AAA bond rating, the highest rating possible, to North Carolina's first issuance of the $2 billion Connect NC bond
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2016 @ 12:16 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor McCrory fact checks related to the Gubernatorial Debate
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2016 @ 4:04 am
By: McCrory Communications
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An effort to cap the state income tax rate was removed quietly from the Senate's calendar on Wednesday, one day after that body's Finance Committee gave the proposed change to the N.C. Constitution a thumbs up
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, The Pat McCrory Committee released a new web ad contrasting recent positive economic news under Governor McCrory with Roy Cooper's high-tax, big government and job-killing agenda
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 7:49 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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