Political Notebook: Butterfield blames lawmakers for Vidant Health layoffs
Multiple media outlets reported Monday that
"It is unfortunate that
Butterfield continued: "Make no mistake, the
State Sen.
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Folwell: State pension can weather market downturn
While the novel coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes roil the stock market, State Treasurer
"We want to assure the nearly 950,000 members who are paying into or receiving pension payments from the North Carolina Retirement Systems that the stock market's recent downturn will have no impact on their pension payments," Folwell said in a prepared statement Monday. "As of today, the state pension plans are down less than 1%. This is because the plans have been conservatively managed under the Folwell administration and other administrations for the past 50 years."
Folwell cited a
"We are in the check delivery business. We pay out over
Tillis pushes to censure Schumer
Sen.
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Schumer apologized for his remarks last week, explaining that he was referencing political consequences and that his words "didn't come out the way I intended to."
Commentators have roundly condemned Schumer's statement. While some opponents have described Schumer's message to the justices as an implicit threat of violence, legal scholars say the words don't rise to the level of "true threats," a narrow category of speech that lacks First Amendment protection.
Tillis sponsors bill to fight opioid addiction
Sen.
"Although opioids are meant for healing and often necessary for patients, no one recovering from opioid addiction should receive the very substance they are breaking dependency from," Tillis said. "This can be avoided by changing regulations that make sure medical records for those in recovery are up to date and this life-saving bipartisan legislation will provide protection for patients who are at the discretion of their medical provider, ultimately avoiding countless, needless deaths. I will continue to work with my colleagues to fight against opioid deaths across the country and in
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