North Carolina's Rate Bureau has requested for 2024 an annual increase of 42.2%, whereby North Carolina's Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has exhibited a great willingness to take a firm stand against such an exorbitant increase.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 @ 3:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Volunteer Firefighter, Former Prosecutor Pledges To Protect Consumers, Keep Costs Low
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 8:36 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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thrid special interest group funded postcard in recent months
Published: Tuesday, December 12th, 2023 @ 9:40 pm
By: John Steed
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North Carolinians will see their auto insurance rates increase by 4.5% on Dec. 1 or after and again in 2024 because of a settlement reached between the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) and insurance companies.
Published: Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 @ 1:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Phil Berger's sour grades, assisted by local senator Jim Perry
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2023 @ 12:13 pm
By: John Steed
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Charlotte Airport, Spectrum Center, Other Requests Totaling Over $1 Billion in Financing Win Approval
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2023 @ 10:19 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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A bipartisan House bill that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina to reorganize and create a holding company that could transfer billions in surplus policyholder money is on its way to the House Rules Committee after passing in the House Insurance Committee Wednesday.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 5:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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conservative Insurance Commission says it is awful deal for citizens
Published: Thursday, April 27th, 2023 @ 9:13 pm
By: John Steed
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Tim Moore and Phil Berger backing Roy Cooper's top objective
Published: Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 @ 8:19 pm
By: John Steed
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It’s been more expensive to fill up your gas tank in North Carolina in the past two years, and now, it may be even more expensive to insure the vehicle you drive. How much more? How about 28.4%?
Published: Thursday, February 16th, 2023 @ 1:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate has overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 86, which could make high-quality, affordable health care insurance available to tens of thousands of North Carolina residents lacking coverage.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2019 @ 11:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate has overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 86, which could make high-quality, affordable health care insurance available to tens of thousands of North Carolina residents lacking coverage.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 10:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Adults who don’t receive health insurance through their employer struggle to find affordable plans when they look to buy coverage on their own from an insurance company
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 1:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If we re-elect Frankie Waters as county commissioner, we can expect four more years like we have gotten the last four years. How do we know that? He has warned us of just that.
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2018 @ 9:21 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Once upon a time there was a former banker who decided he would run for a public office.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 @ 4:32 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Within the last 7 or 8 years the Washington Beaufort Chamber of Commerce the Belhaven Chamber of Commerce along with an assortment of Beaufort County's self appointed smart guys and intellectuals were preaching the merits of welcoming a single non profit provider to give medical services.
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 2:18 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell administers the State Health Plan, the largest in our state
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 11:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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I estimate Beaufort County residents will save as much as 5 million dollars in flood insurance premiums each year when the new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) are approved by the Beaufort County Commissioners.
Published: Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 @ 9:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Some lawmakers hope to allow family farmers, small farm-related businesses, and others to band together for more affordable health coverage. The move could help hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2018 @ 1:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell has placed a number on a money-saving change he has talked about since taking office — $1 billion
Published: Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government has crippled community-based human services providers
Published: Tuesday, February 13th, 2018 @ 1:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Bill Cook (R-District 1) is encouraging the public to submit feedback before the end of today, Friday, December 29, 2017 to the N.C. Dept. of Insurance (DOI) concerning the N.C. Rate Bureau's proposed statewide average increase of 18.7 percent in homeowner's insurance rates for 2018
Published: Friday, December 29th, 2017 @ 3:37 pm
By: Bill Cook
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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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Nonprofits operating in 13 hard-hit North Carolina counties will get $810,000 to help volunteers rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Matthew, Governor Roy Cooper said today during a visit to Robeson and Columbus counties
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 5:22 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina ranks No. 19 overall and is rising among all states when combining economic and personal freedoms, according to a major national report released today that used more than 230 variables to set the rankings.
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2016 @ 3:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County Community College (BCCC) will be holding its first Public Safety Weekend from March 4- March 6, 2016. Fire, EMS and law enforcement personnel can take advantage of the classes to fulfill their annual training requirements locally.
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2016 @ 4:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina has never had a Republican insurance commissioner, but three candidates running in the GOP primary hope to change that - citing consumer welfare rather than their own ambitions as a reason for campaigning.
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 @ 2:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite recent legislation easing some restrictions on the marketplace, North Carolina's rate-setting structure for car insurance is little more than a government price-fixing scheme that hits consumers in the wallet while protecting the profits of some insurance companies, a consumer advocate...
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 1:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2011, the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission submitted a report forecasting sea level rise along the coast for the next three decades.
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 4:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We've provided extensive coverage of the political drama around the state Sea Level Rise (SLR) panel and its revision - mandated by the GOP majority in the legislature - of the projected sea level rise on the North Carolina coast.
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 6:08 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In March of 2011, I wrote a piece about safety. In it I opined that there is no such thing as safety because so called "safety" in reality is the absence of risk.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 5:44 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Well, the testosterone-challenged crowd in the McClatchy newsrooms have claimed the scalp of a poor, defenseless woman who made the horrific "mistake" of allowing Gov, Pat to appoint her poet laureate.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 7:20 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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