With scams targeting senior citizens on the rise, members of the North Carolina Senior Consumer Fraud Task Force representing the offices of North Carolina Secretary of State, North Carolina Insurance Commission, and State Attorney General, along with the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, United Way of North Carolina, and AARP North Carolina, wanted to bring awareness of such fraud at a press conference Wednesday at the NC Secretary of State’s office.
North Carolina has seen a spike in insurance fraud since the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, who spoke about the issue at Tuesday’s Council of State meeting.
New and familiar faces attended the January North Carolina Council of State meeting in Raleigh.
A bustling crowd of candidate hopefuls stood in line at the Gov. James G. Martin Building at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh Monday as candidate filing got underway for the 2024 election cycle in North Carolina.
North Carolina's Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said that firefighters continue to battle wildfires in western North Carolina due to drought conditions. Since November 1, there have been 622 wildfires burning state and private land in the region.
“North Carolina's entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well,” North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall told Council of State members at their monthly meeting on Tuesday.
The former chair of the Wake County GOP announced his candidacy for North Carolina Secretary of State on the Republican ticket.
Children in grades K-3 in North Carolina have surpassed the rest of the nation when it comes to their early literacy skills. That’s according to NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, who shared the news at Tuesday’s Council of State meeting.
April’s Council of State meeting got off to a late start Tuesday as Gov. Roy Cooper postponed it to take a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other governors across the country.
More than 171,000 new businesses were created in the state last year, making it the second-best year on record, just under 2021’s record of 178,300. However, economists say it is largely growth from necessity, not opportunity.
Charitable giving is up at North Carolina-based charities. North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall shared the good news at Tuesday’s Council of State meeting.
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