Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Blizzard Heads Toward U.S. East; Airlines Cancel Flights
Jan 22 2016 // A dangerous winter storm will bring snow by the foot to the U.S. mid-Atlantic, including Washington, threatening at least 50 million people in its path while canceling thousands of flights and closing schools and...
Hub Acquires Assets of North Carolina-Based RPG Solutions
Jan 19 2016 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of RPG Solutions, Inc. (RPG) of North Carolina. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in Raleigh, RPG specializes in...
Groups File Lawsuit Over North Carolina ‘Anti-Whistleblower’ Law
Jan 15 2016 // Animal-rights, food-safety and other groups sued this week to stop a new North Carolina law that helps employers punish people who get hired to steal company secrets or dig up dirt. The federal lawsuit was filed by People...
Families of 3 Men Killed in North Carolina Scaffolding Collapse File Lawsuit
Jan 14 2016 // The families of three workers who died when scaffolding collapsed at a Raleigh, N.C., high-rise building have sued four firms connected with the project. Multiple media outlets report the law firm of former presidential...
Judge OKs Duke Energy Environmental Compliance Plan in North Carolina
Jan 14 2016 // A federal judge is approving two Duke Energy plans describing how the country’s largest electricity company says it will comply with environmental laws. The statewide and nationwide environmental compliance plans...
Boies, Edwards Among 140 Lawyers Vying to Take Lead Against Volkswagen
Jan 12 2016 // Among the more than 140 plaintiffs’ lawyers competing to lead private litigation against Volkswagen over its emissions cheating scandal is former U.S. Senator and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate John...
North Carolina Cracks Down on Employers Lacking in Workers’ Comp Coverage
Jan 12 2016 // The commission responsible for enforcing workers’ compensation laws in North Carolina has cracked down in the last year on employers who don’t carry proper insurance, collecting $1 million in civil fines from...
Alliant Taps North Carolina-Based Gary to Head Renewable Energy Practice
Jan 11 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services, a nationwide specialty insurance brokerage firm, has added renewable energy expert Bob Gary to its Energy and Marine Group as senior vice president. Gary will oversee business development and...
North Carolina Governor Signs Executive Order on Employee Misclassification
Jan 11 2016 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed an executive order Dec. 18 designed to crack down on employee misclassification practices in North Carolina. McCrory said Executive Order 83 establishes the Employee Classification...
2 North Carolina Residents Accused of Accused of Insurance Fraud
Jan 7 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrests of Dewayne Dudley of Bayboro and Elegant Adele Jackson of Havelock. They are both charged with one count each of insurance fraud and attempting to...
North Carolina Governor Signs Executive Order on Worker Misclassification
Dec 23 2015 // The North carolina General Assembly failed to negotiate this year final legislation addressing companies intentionally mislabeling workers to avoid paying taxes and other benefits. So North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has...
Study: Florida’s Crackdown on ‘Pill Mills’ Linked to Fewer Painkiller Overdose Deaths
Dec 22 2015 // A crackdown on Florida’s “pill mills” – clinics dispensing large quantities of prescription painkillers often for cash-only and without proper medical examinations – appears to have dramatically...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 21 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
N.C. Insurance Commissioner Candidate Faced Now-Dismissed Fraud Charges
Dec 15 2015 // A candidate running for North Carolina insurance commissioner was the subject of a fraud investigation by the current commissioner’s office that led to criminal charges that were ultimately dismissed. Republican...
North Carolina Kicks Off Annual Holiday Anti-Drunk Driving Campaign
Dec 14 2015 // The North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program and law enforcement agencies are starting their annual holiday campaign to combat drunken driving. The kickoff for the “Booze It & Lose It”...
North Carolina School Board Settles With Student Burned by Melted Cheese
Dec 11 2015 // The Alamance-Burlington, North Carolina, Board of Education has settled with a student burned by melted cheese in a school cafeteria. The Times-News reports that during a hearing Dec. 7, the school board agreed to pay the...
Report: Southeast States Unprepared for Future Risks from Climate Change
Dec 11 2015 // Source: States at Risk Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme...
North Carolina Supreme Court Weighing At-Will Firing Practices of State Sheriffs
Dec 8 2015 // A trio of lawsuits is challenging the long-standing ability of North Carolina sheriffs to fire their deputies at will – a practice critics say allows some to maintain personal political fiefdoms where paychecks and...
Report: Southeast States Not Prepared for Future Risks from Climate Change
Dec 7 2015 // Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme weather events, according to...
North Carolina Judge Rejects 13-Year-Old’s Climate Change Challenge
Dec 3 2015 // A judge has ruled against a 13-year-old girl who took North Carolina to court over climate change, but the eighth-grader says she’ll continue to fight for environmental protections. The News & Observer of Raleigh...
