All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 3 2023 // A longtime worker at a North Carolina furniture products company, described as a model employee, died in 2020 under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Co-workers described hearing a “strange noise” as Rodney...
May 2 2023 // Leavitt Elite Insurance Advisors, part of the multi-state Leavitt Group, has merged with another North Carolina agency. Simmons Insurance Agency, with offices in Pilot Mountain and Mount Airy, was founded in 1973 and has...
Apr 27 2023 // North Carolina’s dominant health insurance provider could transfer billions to a holding company instead of returning portions of that surplus to policyholders, under legislation that advanced Tuesday in the state...
Apr 25 2023 // A laborer in Asheville, North Carolina, working at a hotel construction site, fell through a four-story air conditioning shaft in 2018, leaving him paralyzed and in need of regular care.Four years later, the 34-year-old...
Apr 25 2023 // Leane Rafalko, who spent eight years with the North Carolina Department of Insurance as chief captive analyst, has been named director of captive management for Knoxville-based CIC Services. After leaving DOI, Rafalko...
Apr 24 2023 // North Carolina lawmakers are hoping to capitalize on Walt Disney World’s feud with the Florida governor, and have introduced a bill that would fund a study and incentives for luring Disney north.Senate Bill 594,...
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...