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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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Mary E. Svare, Chocowinity, NC former Toole County Treasurer (State of Montana), passed away on December 17, 2025.
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 @ 7:04 am
By: Announcements
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Mixed bag for conservativs
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 @ 7:20 am
By: John Steed
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solid conservative Folwell running for governor
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2024 @ 5:23 pm
By: John Steed
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According to a Dec. 21 press release from state Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. and its parent company Unilever PLC have been added to a list of companies that the Treasurer’s Office restricts investments and contracts with due to their anti-Israel activity.
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2024 @ 9:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The small town of Robersonville, population 1,249, in Martin County, is once again in charge of its finances, as the state restored financial control to the town at Tuesday’s Local Government Commission meeting.
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2023 @ 4:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s hospitals are being called out in a new report from the state treasurer’s office that shows a wide range in hospital pricing, huge price markups from Medicare rates, and a lack of price transparency.
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 10:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Medicaid expansion is likely to increase the cost of healthcare for all North Carolinians, including those on the State Health Plan (SHP), according to state Treasurer Dale Folwell.
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 @ 7:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolinians who are on the State Health Plan (SHP) for their medical insurance will not see an increase in their premiums for the 2024 benefit year. State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the SHP Board of Trustees agreed to the freeze for the sixth year in a row.
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2023 @ 12:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a true emergency declaration, Council of State members would have to vote on on the action taken by Cooper, or any other governor, under a new law that took effect on Jan. 1.
Published: Saturday, July 15th, 2023 @ 8:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Twenty-one states, including three of North Carolina's neighbors, support N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the State Health Plan in a legal fight involving health care requested by transgender patients.
Published: Saturday, July 8th, 2023 @ 8:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. John R. Bradford III, R-Mecklenburg, made it official Thursday by announcing his run for the state treasurer’s office.
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2023 @ 12:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A North Carolina representative announced today that he is considering a run for the state treasurer’s office.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 2:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At this time, the abbreviation 'NC' stands for 'no crisis.'” - State Treasurer Dale Folwell
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 11:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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major "woke" financial firm manages billions in public funds on political ESG agenda
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 7:39 pm
By: John Steed
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Highlights NC ABLE Program and the Department of State Treasurer While Delivering a Surprise Return of $4,512.36 in Missing Money to the School's Administration
Published: Sunday, November 6th, 2022 @ 2:39 am
By: ENC NOW
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Treasurer Encourages Early Detection
Published: Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 @ 1:46 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Council of State meets once a month to deliver updates on state agencies. The council is made up of ten elected leaders of departments within the executive branch, plus the Governor, Lt. Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, and the State Auditor.
Published: Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 @ 10:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Funded Level Grows More Than Fourfold Since Treasurer Folwell First Took Office
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 11:55 am
By: ENC NOW
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Who decides the standards and curriculum? The state? Local school boards? We'll talk to NC Treasurer and State School Board member Dale Folwell and ask him about this and public school spending.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 3:29 pm
By: John Woodard
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James E. Holshouser Award Recognizes Heart Prevails Bill, Donate Life License Plates
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 @ 12:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Central Piedmont Community College (Central Piedmont) will be the latest recipient of unclaimed cash when State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, presents a check for $2,243.82 to representatives of the college.
Published: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022 @ 8:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Honor Bestowed for Transparency in Providing Information Exposing Fraud in State's HOPE Program
Published: Sunday, March 20th, 2022 @ 11:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 @ 11:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina continues to wait and see if the state Supreme Court will address a trial judge’s $1.7 billion education funding order.
Published: Monday, January 10th, 2022 @ 8:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Cities and Counties Won't Need to Increase Property Taxes
Published: Monday, January 10th, 2022 @ 2:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell has joined 24 state treasurers in signing a letter opposing a portion of national Democrats’ $3.5-trillion budget reconciliation bill that would expand the power of the Internal Revenue Service.
Published: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 3:03 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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While some votes here in North Carolina remain to be counted, we can nevertheless make some interesting observations from this week's elections. I will address two of them in this post.
Published: Friday, November 13th, 2020 @ 12:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler, Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey, Commissioner of Labor Cherie Berry, Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson and Treasurer Dale Folwell sent a letter to Governor Cooper concerning his COVID-19 response.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 2:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Liberal group suggests Gov. Cooper replace Folwell as Treasurer April 1, 2020 by Donald Bryson image_print In an article published on April 1, NC Policy Watch’s Rob Schofield makes a series of concerning arguments about the North Carolina State Treasurer’s office.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 @ 2:56 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N.C. Department of Transportation shouldn’t manage its own finances, N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell says.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 5:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With fiscal forecasts predicting the State Health Plan will go broke in four years, the N.C. treasurer is hatching new tactics to push hospitals into clear pricing.
Published: Monday, October 7th, 2019 @ 10:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The largest physicians group in eastern North Carolina has agreed to participate in State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s cost-saving Clear Pricing Project.
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2019 @ 6:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Fresh off N.C. Department of Insurance approval of cost-reducing reforms, Treasurer Dale Folwell is optimistic doctors and hospitals will join a new State Health Plan provider network.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 @ 11:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Tomorrow morning (Tuesday), legislators in the House Health Committee will vote on HB184 - a bad bill that will cost taxpayers and State Health Plan members more than $1 million per day if it's enacted.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 8:44 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The N.C. Department of Transportation doesn’t have enough debt space to borrow the full $3 billion for local road and bridge construction promised in the Build NC Bond Act of 2018.
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2019 @ 9:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Stand Up for ENC, the movement sparked by the State Treasurer's proposed cuts to State Health Plan reimbursements, continues to generate awareness and gain momentum
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 4:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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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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As reported by the N&O today, the State Treasurer’s office this week released updated figures for the state retiree pension fund and health insurance benefits
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 @ 12:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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