Two Capitol Police officers have been suspended for their alleged actions during the riots that recently rocked the Capitol, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) told reporters Monday.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 10:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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On Monday, the social media site Parler filed a lawsuit against Amazon, claiming that Amazon’s suspension of Parler violated antitrust laws and breached the contract between the two entities.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 @ 12:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Airbnb has taken steps in North Carolina to remove so-called “party houses” from their platform.
Published: Saturday, December 19th, 2020 @ 2:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As long as I am President, we will never waver in our undying loyalty to the American worker.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 8:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The COVID-19 pandemic could still threaten the long-term stability of state employee pensions, even though the state pension plan has recovered from the stock market crash, the state treasurer says.
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 @ 12:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers moved to restrict pensions for public officials who commit crimes while performing their official duties.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 2:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. House members took on a host of time-sensitive issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic during a Wednesday, April 29, meeting of the House Pensions and Retirement Committee.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 @ 1:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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During Sunshine Week — seven days highlighting the public’s right to know about what happens behind the government’s closed doors — much of North Carolina’s health care system remains in the shade.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2020 @ 9:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released the 2018-19 Consolidated Data Report.
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 @ 1:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The magazine, Chief Investment Officer (CIO), recently published an article about North Carolina’s pension system based on a joint report between the John Locke Foundation and the California-based Reason Foundation.
Published: Saturday, March 7th, 2020 @ 8:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fears of a global economic slowdown, fueled in part by the coronavirus outbreak, took a $4.2 billion chunk out of North Carolina’s state pension plan.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 10:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s state pension plan is prepared to weather another recession, a Pew Charitable Trusts stress test says.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 12:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Republicans are again pushing State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s request to limit risk in the underfunded state pension plan by narrowing the number of retirement options.
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2019 @ 1:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell says the state pension plan hemorrhaged $4.1 billion in 2018
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 3:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell said he is awaiting guidance from lawyers before deciding whether to challenge an N.C. Court of Appeals ruling that allows four former school superintendents to collect an additional $1.7 million in retirement benefits from alleged pension spiking
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2018 @ 10:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state pension fund posted overall gains of 7.3 percent for the 2017-18 fiscal year just ended June 30, outpacing the assumed rate of return on investments. But earnings have slowed to date for the 2018 calendar year, State Treasurer Dale Folwell reported
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 2:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s office yesterday issued a release reporting on the financial performance of the state’s pension fund
Published: Monday, August 6th, 2018 @ 12:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The latest data shows that North Carolina’s unfunded state pension liability has grown to $7.9 billion. This figure is likely highly understated, however, given the overly optimistic discount rate being used to calculate the liability
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 6:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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One reason teachers and state employees may not have seen the raises they wanted in recent years is that the government's cost for pensions and retiree health benefits has climbed from 8 percent of payroll 10 years ago to 19 percent of payroll this year
Published: Friday, July 27th, 2018 @ 1:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Returns on state pension fund investments were flat for the first quarter of 2018. That triggered a warning by state Treasurer Dale Folwell about long-term pension stability
Published: Monday, May 7th, 2018 @ 10:27 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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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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Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke submitted his resignation, without warning or explanation, to the Milwaukee County Clerk late Thursday.
Published: Friday, September 1st, 2017 @ 4:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Pennsylvania legislators this week approved reforms to their pension program for state retirees, a move that is expected to save taxpayers billions.
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2017 @ 9:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A very insightful article in BloombergBusinessWeek highlights some of the ways NC Treasurer Dale Folwell plans to save the state significant sums of money.
Published: Thursday, April 20th, 2017 @ 5:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell wants to be more than North Carolina's version of the Dutch boy, his finger plugging the dike of underperforming state health and pension plans
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 @ 8:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More than two years after releasing a scathing report alleging that a glut of investment fund managers are collecting fees that have plundered North Carolina’s state employee pension plan
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In July 2016, the NC State Treasurer released annual performance figures for the N.C. pension fund
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2016 @ 8:54 am
By: Russell Allen
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In July 2016, the NC State Treasurer released annual performance figures for the N.C. pension fund, which is responsible for the retirement assets of nearly one million of our state's teachers, state/local employees, law enforcement, firefighters, rescue workers and National Guard members.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 @ 7:47 pm
By: Russell Allen
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North Carolina's public employees retirement system is underfunded, bled more than $2 billion in red ink in the most recent 12-month period reported, and is outperformed by most other states, data show
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2016 @ 4:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Next week, the NC State Board of Education will discuss and likely approve the draft Consolidated Data Report for the 2014-15 school year. The report includes data on school crime and violence, suspensions, expulsions, corporal punishment, reassignments for disciplinary reasons, alternative...
Published: Thursday, April 14th, 2016 @ 4:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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More military veterans are choosing to make North Carolina their home, thanks, in part, to efforts by Governor Pat McCrory to make North Carolina the most veteran friendly state in the nation.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:19 am
By: McCrory Communications
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