All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 10 2023 // The North Carolina General Assembly would get to choose more members of several powerful state commissions, including the Utilities Commission, an economic investment committee, and environmental and health boards, under...
Apr 6 2023 // An insurance company is entitled to generous tax credits even if the carrier did not invest directly in renewable energy projects, a North Carolina court has decided, striking down a $24 million tax assessment by the...
Mar 28 2023 // North Carolina-based First Citizens Bank, which also offers property and other types of insurance, will acquire much of Silicon Valley Bank, the tech-focused financial institution that collapsed this month, setting off a...
Mar 22 2023 // Democratic lawmakers and advocacy groups called Monday for blocking the planned elimination of North Carolina’s corporate income tax, arguing that companies that benefit from operating in the state should pay a...
Mar 21 2023 // Increased punishments for rioting in North Carolina will become law later this year as Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Friday he wouldn’t use his veto stamp on legislation that’s similar to a bill he...
Mar 20 2023 // A North Carolina teenager who was struck by a car this week while departing a school bus in Halifax County is now in good condition, a hospital spokesperson said Friday.Tillman Mitchell, a 17-year-old student at the...
Mar 13 2023 // The family of a meteorologist who was killed last fall in a helicopter crash in North Carolina is suing a maintenance facility and the companies that owned and operated the aircraft.The lawsuit was filed the same week in...
Mar 7 2023 // The U.S. Department of Labor said it has recovered about $330,000 in back wages from a North Carolina contractor that misclassified workers as independent contractors.“Employers who misclassify employees as...
Mar 3 2023 // Wallace Named NC Deputy CommissionerWilliam Wallace, a mediator and former chairman of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section, has been named a deputy commissioner at the...
Mar 2 2023 // Nearly three months after attacks on electrical substations caused a dayslong power outage in central North Carolina, a state Senate committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would stiffen penalties for intentionally...
Feb 28 2023 // In a decision that animal rights advocates are calling a big win over big agricultural interests, a federal appeals court last week struck down part of a North Carolina law, declaring that it violated the constitutional...
Feb 28 2023 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Philip Baddour to a second six-year term as a full commissioner at the North Carolina Industrial Commission, which handles workers’ compensation claims disputes. If...
Feb 23 2023 // More than 180 workers at a North Carolina company will receive about $1,000 each in overtime pay after the U.S. Department of Labor found that the workers had been misclassified as independent contractors.“Employers...
Feb 23 2023 // North Carolina home buyers may soon have access to more information about a property’s flooding history, a rule that could potentially help insurance agents sell more flood insurance and other types of coverage.The...
Feb 13 2023 // More than a dozen fire departments responded to a massive fire early Saturday at an industrial site in Wayne County, North Carolina.County officials say the blaze, with flames as high as a three-story building at one time,...
Feb 10 2023 // A federal appeals court sided again with North Carolina’s attorney general on Wednesday, saying a 1931 libel law is most likely unconstitutional. Josh Stein has sought to block a fellow Democrat from using the law to...
Feb 10 2023 // A bill increasing punishments for violent protests following the 2020 demonstrations over George Floyd’s murder passed the North Carolina House on Wednesday despite harsh criticism from social justice advocates. Some...
Feb 3 2023 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau is asking for a 28% increase in auto insurance rates for the state, an increase that will likely be slashed significantly by the state Department of Insurance.The average statewide increase...
Jan 27 2023 // Alera Group, an independent insurance and wealth management firm, has acquired the John Hackney Agency in North Carolina. Hackney, with offices in Wilson, in the eastern part of the state, was founded in 1895 by the...
Jan 24 2023 // When gunshots at two electrical substations cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes for several days in early December, Republican state Rep. Ben Moss watched his vibrant district full of family farms, small...