NC reacts to DC insurrection: ‘Dark day for this country’
NC political leaders express shock, determination after rioters storm U.S. Capitol to prevent certification of presidential election results.
U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, D-Charlotte, tweeted this defiant thumbs up image of herself Wednesday afternoon after a riot by pro-Trump extremists at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
By Carolina Public Press staff
January 7, 2021
North Carolinians are expressing horror after a violent rioting mob of pro-
Donald Trump extremists stormed the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday as Congress prepared to certify the result of the 2020 presidential election, won by President-elect
State employees hired after Jan. 1 will not be eligible for state employee health coverage if they work long enough for North Carolina to retire.
Eliminating state health insurance coverage for future retirees was part of the state budget passed in 2017 over the objections of the State Employees Association of North Carolina, the NC Association of Educators, and the N.C. Retired Governmental Employees’ Association. Leaders of those groups said cutting benefits would make it harder to hire correctional officers, teachers, and others to fill job vacancies.
The change will not affect people now working for the state.
Senate Republicans pushed for the change to make state employees’ retirement benefits similar to benefits private-sector employees receive.