A bipartisan bill that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina and Delta Dental to reorganize and create a holding company that could transfer billions in surplus policyholder money passed in the Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee Wednesday.
H.B. 346, Reorganization & Economic Development Act, sailed through three House committees, including Health, Insurance, and Rules, this week before passing 86-26 in the House Thursday and now heads to the Senate.
A bipartisan House bill that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina to reorganize and create a holding company that could transfer billions of surplus policyholder money is on its way to the House Rules Committee after passing the House Insurance Committee Wednesday.
NC Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey says an NC House bill that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina to create a holding company in which it could move policyholder money is a bad idea, mainly because the company would be deregulated.
Rep. John R. Bradford III, R-Mecklenburg, made it official Thursday by announcing his run for the state treasurer’s office.
The state Senate’s main education committee has endorsed a bill that would penalize N.C. school systems for late payments to charter schools. An amended version of House Bill 335 advanced through the Education/Higher Education Committee Wednesday. It previously cleared the House with a 117-2 vote. “The name of the bill is Timely Local Payments to...
Rep. John Bradford began discussion of House Bill 460 on Tuesday by saying the measure was probably long overdue. It’s a move that’s been delayed, by some accounts, for as many as 80 years. Bradford, a Mecklenburg County Republican and deputy majority whip, outlined the bill during a meeting of the Alcoholic Beverage Control standing...
Opponents of the controversial Interstate 77 tolling project in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties are taking one more crack at killing the project. Mecklenburg County state Reps. Chaz Beasley (a Democrat) and John Bradford (a Republican) have filed House Bill 266, a measure that would kill the contract between the N.C. Department of Transportation and I-77...
