Parent Company Unilever, PLC, and its Subsidiaries Included in Action
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 @ 10:56 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina Treasury Secretary Dale Folwell, and now, challenging for the seat of North Carolina's governor visits with Eastern North Carolina NOW's publisher, Stan Deatherage, to discuss the multiple jobs of the Secretary, his commitment to performance, and that lurking elected position hence.
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2024 @ 9:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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UNC Health and ECU Leave State Employees and Taxpayers with a $1 Billion Bill and Threaten the Tax-Exempt Status of the Pension Plan
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 5:07 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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One of the sticking points in the state budget negotiations is the $1.4 billion proposed in the Senate version for NCInnovation, a private, non-profit created by some NC business leaders in 2018, aimed at providing grants for applied research at select UNC-system universities.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 11:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Florida lawmakers approved a bill to prevent state and local government entities from offering debt or investing public funds in accordance with the environmental, social, and corporate governance movement, also known as ESG.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 12:33 am
By: Daily Wire
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“It could ultimately have an impact on not only its operating budgets from a year-to-year basis but also have an impact on our gigantic unfunded healthcare liability,” Folwell said.
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 8:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Friday afternoon, Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed two bills including one that would prevent state pension money from being invested using environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria in state investment decisions.
Published: Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 @ 8:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers vote to ban ESG investing in state pension plans, pushback on plans to tap Mandy Cohen for head of the federal Centers for Disease Control, and Fort Bragg gets a name change
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 9:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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House Bill 750 Protects State Pension Plan, Retirees and Employees from 'Wacktivism'
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2023 @ 1:20 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Two distinct but almost textually identical bills banning ESG investment criteria have passed their respective legislative bodies, signaling the strong possibility that either bill becomes law.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 7:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An Act to Address the Use of Environmental, Social, and Governance Criteria by State Agencies and State Pension Plan Fiduciaries
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 1:21 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Department of State Treasurer Cooperating With Local Officials to Help Identify Solutions; City of Winston-Salem Earns Gold Medal For Foresight and Funding Discipline
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 @ 8:16 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Bill Would Allow Retirement Systems' Flexibility in Recovering Overpayments
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2023 @ 4:41 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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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Bill left off a committee calendar
Published: Sunday, April 30th, 2023 @ 8:23 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Pension plans for state government retirees are strained
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 12:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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North Carolina’s state pension system was among the victims of the recent collapse of two large Silicon Valley, California banks, with the loss of millions in stock at both banks.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 1:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Multiple Republican state attorneys general filed suit against the Labor Department over a measure that would nix a previous ban on environmental, social, and corporate governance investments, also known as ESG, among fiduciaries managing retirement funds.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 5:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis approved measures on Tuesday to prevent the Florida Retirement System Pension Plan from investing in accordance with the environmental, social, and corporate governance movement, also known as ESG.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 9:22 pm
By: Daily Wire
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned about the national debt, expressing concern that the federal government’s obligations will eventually create a financial meltdown even as markets exhibit apathy toward the problem in the near term.
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2023 @ 12:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell had some good news to share regarding pension systems in the state at his monthly “Ask Me Anything” Q&A on Dec. 6.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 10:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina can take a pension away from the period of time that a person is indicted or convicted of embezzlement or a sex crime, etc. under a felony forfeiture law.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 9:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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For the fourth year in a row, negotiations have resulted in substantial savings for dental, vision and identity theft protection
Published: Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 @ 3:43 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Milwaukee! (Applause.) My name is Joe Biden. I am Jill Biden’s husband.
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 4:06 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Several Republican state attorneys general informed asset manager BlackRock last week that its shareholder activism efforts “may violate multiple state laws.”
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2022 @ 2:21 pm
By: Daily Wire
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This summer, West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore published a list of five financial institutions that he has deemed ineligible for state banking contracts due to their environmental and social activism.
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 3:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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More and more taxes
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2022 @ 4:52 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Moody's states that the average family is spending nearly $6,000 more than last year.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2022 @ 1:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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BlackRock lost $1.7 trillion of its clients’ money since the beginning of the year — the largest sum ever lost by a single firm over a six-month period, according to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg analyst Marc Rubenstein.
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 @ 11:32 am
By: Daily Wire
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(Raleigh, N.C.) – Unliver, PLC announced yesterday that the company had sold its Ben & Jerry’s ice cream business to the local licensee in Israel
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 @ 5:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Especially during an election season, taxpayers must be wary of calls to expand government
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2022 @ 9:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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