Over the weekend, former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker of Greensboro officially joined the race for the Republican nomination for N.C. governor. Walker’s announcement makes him the third candidate in the primary race, with Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell already in.
Former U.S. Representative Mark Walker, of Greensboro, is expected to announce his candidacy for governor of North Carolina on May 20th, adding another contender to the growing list of Republican hopefuls.
The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in September in a case challenging the N.C. State Health Plan’s exclusion of coverage for treatments used by transgender patients. The court is pairing the N.C. case with a similar case involving West Virginia's state health plans.
The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear a case involving the N.C. State Health Plan’s exclusion of treatment for transgender patients. A three-judge panel had heard oral arguments in the case in January. A trial court ruled in 2022 that the plan must pay for "medically necessary services."
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is going to court to challenge the recent decision to move a major State Health Plan contract from Blue Cross to Aetna. A Blue Cross news release argues the plan and state taxpayers “will pay more” and “get less.”
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, asks State Treasurer Dale Folwell about his priorities for the 2023 legislative session. This exchange took place during the Nov. 18, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
North Carolina has seen a $7 billion improvement over the past year in the shortfall for government retirees’ health benefits. That’s according to a new report from The Segal Group. State Treasurer Dale Folwell touted the report in a news release.
This summer, West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore published a list of five financial institutions that he has deemed ineligible for state banking contracts due to their environmental and social activism. The list includes Blackrock, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs. And North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell said he supports...
The latest chapter in N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s feud with state hospitals involves a new friend-of-the-court brief at the state Supreme Court. Folwell supports a New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge of state certificate-of-need restrictions.
When CNBC ranked North Carolina the best state in America for business a few weeks ago, Democrats and Republicans spun the news in familiar ways. The former used it to promote the leadership of Gov. Roy Cooper, citing CNBC’s own take that the state had prevailed against its Sunbelt competitors by “putting partisanship aside” and...
State Treasurer Dale Folwell says the State Health Plan will fund sex transition operations, as required by a recent federal court order. That change will take place even as the order is appealed. The Health Plan has a benefit exclusion “regarding treatment or studies leading to or in connection with sex transition or modifications and...
