RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 23 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein this week filed a brief in federal court defending North Carolina's laws protecting residents from predatory high interest loans. A car title lender is challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina's laws preventing such loans. "We kicked predatory, payday, and car title lenders out of North Carolina years ago, and we're not lettin  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 23 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today released a statement as Solicitor General Ryan Park argues the Leandro school funding case in front of the North Carolina Supreme Court. "Today, lawyers from my office are arguing that we must invest in our public schools so our students can get the sound, basic public education that is their constitutional right. North Carolin  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 23 -- North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and the North Carolina Supplemental Retirement Plans Board of Trustees (Board) unanimously approved a 12-month waiver of its administrative fee at the regularly scheduled quarterly Board meeting held on Feb. 22, saving NC 401(k) Plan and NC 457 Plan (Plans) participants approximately $1.6 million over the next year. "We are alway  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 23 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper honored Black History Month and recognized North Carolina's African American educators for their dedication to the students and families of North Carolina and their contributions to the state. Governor Cooper and the NC African American Heritage Commission hosted prominent Black educators and community members at the Executive Mansion. "North Car  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 23 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024: * * * Today, Governor Roy Cooper issued the following statement as the North Carolina Supreme Court hears arguments in an unprecedented rehearing of Leandro v. North Carolina: Public schools are the bedrock of our communities and of our state's economic success. More than 8 out of 10 school-aged children in North Carolina attend public schools. Unfortunately, our strong publ  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 23 -- North Carolina Community College System issued the following news: North Carolina community colleges saw double digit enrollment increases in the Career and College Promise (CCP) program during the 2022-2023 academic year compared to the previous year, as reported at the State Board of Community Colleges board meeting last Friday. More than 78,000 students across the state are participating in the dual enrollment program, which provides three pathways to ea  more

MISENHEIMER, North Carolina, Feb. 23 -- Pfeiffer University issued the following news: By Gary Veazey Pfeiffer University and Army ROTC, headquartered at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, signed a Nursing Excellence Agreement on February 21, 2024. The agreement guarantees the acceptance of up to five (5) Army ROTC Nurse Cadets per semester into the upper division nursing program offered by Pfeiffer University's Department of Nursing. "We are excited to have ROTC students in our n  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 23 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to congressional leaders advocating for legislative action to reform Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) practices. The letter, sent by the National Association of Attorneys General, was led by Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. According to the bipartisan coalition of attorneys general, the "original purpose [of] the Pharmacy Benefit Managers  more