Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Autopsy: 3 Workers at North Carolina Slim Jim Plant Were Crushed to Death
Jul 27 2009 // Autopsies show three workers killed in the collapse of a Slim Jim factory in North Carolina were crushed to death. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that autopsy results were released for workers Barbara...
Revaluations Shock Some North Carolina Property Owners
Jul 27 2009 // Jack Crews is watching his neighborhood on the south side of Kernersville change from fields and houses to offices and businesses. But he still got a shock when he got his revaluation notice earlier this year. His property...
North Carolina Bill to Amend Law on Spousal Suits Reaches Gov. Perdue
Jul 24 2009 // Legislators have agreed to alter a North Carolina law that allows scorned spouses to sue and collect damages for stolen affection and adultery. The House voted 63-48 last week to give final legislative approval to a...
North Carolina Bill Allows Consumers to Freeze Credit Reports for Free
Jul 22 2009 // North Carolina consumers could soon be able to place a security freeze on their credit reports for free in legislation awaiting Gov. Beverly Perdue’s signature. The Senate gave final legislative approval to expand...
North Carolina May Increase Safety Oversight of Fireworks Firms
Jul 20 2009 // A panel of North Carolina lawmakers began trying to improve fireworks safety last week following a fatal July 4 Outer Banks explosion by approving a bill that would require state oversight for those who transport...
North Carolina Drunk Driver Reinstatement Bill Goes to Governor
Jul 17 2009 // The North Carolina Legislature has agreed that repeat drunken-drivers should get a chance one day to have their license restored. The House agreed 88-28 this week to create a procedure whereby someone convicted of habitual...
North Carolina Rolls Back, Freezes Auto Insurance Rates
Jul 15 2009 // North Carolina is ordering auto insurers to roll back their rates to 2006 levels and send up to $50 million in refunds to about 1 million policyholders in a settlement announced today by Insurance Commissioner Wayne...
North Carolina House Passes Beach Plan Insurance Reform Measure
Jul 15 2009 // The North Carolina House voted 89 to 27 yesterday to approve a measure designed to re-establish the state’s coastal insurance provider, the Beach Plan, as a market of last resort and cap the liability of private...
Ratings Roundup: Arch Capital, American Safety, Parkton Re
Jul 13 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance holding company Arch Capital Group Ltd.(ACGL) and its operating subsidiaries to positive from stable....
North Carolina House Committee Approves Cut in Beach Plan Insurance
Jul 13 2009 // A North Carolina House committee seeking a fix for an underfunded coastal insurance program has backed cutting the current coverage maximum of $1.5 million per home by half. The House Finance Committee rejected a bid to...
North Carolina May Hike Penalties for Violations of Workplace Safety
Jul 10 2009 // A plan to increase maximum monetary penalties for businesses that break North Carolina’s child labor and some workplace safety laws is one vote away from final passage. The Senate voted unanimously this week to...
North Carolina Bill Lets Repeat Drunk Drivers Get Back Licenses
Jul 10 2009 // Repeat drunken-drivers in North Carolina who get their license revoked could get their permit back after a clean criminal and traffic record for 10 years in legislation approved by the Senate. The measure approved this...
North Carolina Lawmakers Consider Cap on Damages in Adultery Lawsuits
Jul 9 2009 // A Senate committee has backed limits to a North Carolina law that allows scorned spouses to sue and collect damages for stolen affection and adultery. A Senate judiciary committee this week recommended a bill barring...
North Carolina Looks for Coastal Insurance Fix
Jul 6 2009 // As Florida has been confronting its state’s underfunding for catastrophes, North Carolina is also grappling with how to fill the gap between potential liabilities and available monies for its market of last resort...
North Carolina House Committee Advances Beach Plan Reforms
Jul 1 2009 // The North Carolina House Insurance Committee has unanimously approved legislation that attempts to spread the pain should a major storm cause losses that exceed existing private and public insurance funds. The legislation...
North Carolina Court Allows Student Abuse Suit Against County
Jun 29 2009 // A North Carolina court ruling means a former Wilmington student can seek damages for alleged sexual abuse even though the New Hanover County school system’s insurance doesn’t cover it. The state Supreme Court...
North Carolina Coastal Insurance Fix Would Alter Deductibles, Limits
Jun 29 2009 // North Carolina legislators started grappling last week with how to beef up the state-created but underfunded insurance program for coastal property, and immediately confronted the possibility that all of the state’s...
North Carolina Moves to Boost Motorboat Safety
Jun 26 2009 // Young motorboat drivers in North Carolina would be required to meet minimum boating safety education requirements in legislation approved by the House. The bill approved this week would obligate people under age 26 to...
All North Carolina Homeowners Could Pay If Insurers, Beach Plan Fall Short
Jun 24 2009 // Every insured homeowner in North Carolina could shoulder the cost of rebuilding if a massive hurricane hits under a deal taking shape in the Legislature. The legislation (HB1305), expected to be detailed in a House...
North Carolina Bans Texting While Driving
Jun 23 2009 // North Carolina has become the seventh state to pass a ban this year on texting while driving. So how did Gov. Beverly Perdue get the word out? She had an aide send a text message announcing the governor has signed the ban...
