RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 31 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement after North Carolina received the full share of its 2023 payment, $156,627,689.97, from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement settlement. "I want to thank my colleagues at the Department of Justice for working diligently every year to ensure North Carolina receives the funds it's due from this agreement," said Attorney G  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 31 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following executive order entitled "Executive Order No. 281" on May 30, 2023: * * * WHEREAS, the North Carolina Emergency Management Act, Chapter 166A of the orth Carolina General Statutes, authorizes the issuance of a disaster declaration for an emergency area as defined in .C. Gen. Stat.Sec. 166A-19.3(7) that has been impacted by a Type I disaster as defined in N.C . Gen. Stat.Sec. 166A- 19.2l(b)(l); and WHEREA  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 31 -- North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell issued the following news release: New junk fees imposed on homebuyers by the Biden administration poison longstanding mortgage and consumer credit policies in pursuit of a woke agenda, State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, said. He believes the misguided activism will have disastrous effects on the housing market and economy. "Most Americans have made tough choices that resulted in higher credit ratings, only to  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 31 -- North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell issued the following news release: As the largest customer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, I am asking that the sponsors of House Bill 346 request the bill be removed from the Senate calendar until the amendments offered by elected State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to protect consumers be considered. Blue Cross Blue Shield has had a monopolistic market share for decades as well as a preferred   more