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As North Carolina’s insurance commissioner weighs a proposed 42 percent increase to homeowners’ insurance rates, a Wall Street Journal report Thursday highlights companies that are reporting a surge in profits.

The 42.2 percent is just an average -- much higher rates of 99.4 percent are proposed at North Carolina beaches and 57 percent in inland areas such as Wilson and Edgecombe counties.

Many people from across North Carolina on Monday blasted a proposal to significantly increase homeowners’ insurance rates by an average of 42.2 percent.

Days before unveiling her fiscal 2025 budget plan and with state tax collections weakening, Gov. Maura Healey unveiled her plans to boost state aid to cities and towns and give municipalities the ability to raise certain taxes.

The number of people killed by police officers in the United States reached a new high in 2023, according to new research. The Mapping Police Violence project, which has been tracking police killings in the country since 2013, reported that officers killed 1,329 people last year, representing nearly a 19-percent increase over the 11-year span. The…

The German marque comfortably beat out its main rival, Mercedes-Benz.

RICHMOND, Va. (DC News Now) — An effort to increase teacher pay in Virginia cleared its first committee, unanimously, Friday morning. SB 104, introduced by Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth), is meant to ensure that all teachers in the state make at least the national average when it comes to educator salaries. The 2023 reports from […]

DELAWARE, Ohio, Jan. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B), a world leader in industrial packaging products and services, announced today it is implementing a $40 to $70 per short ton increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) and a minimum 6.0 percent increase on all tube and core and protective packaging products. The uncoated recycled paperboard increase is effective with new orders and shipments on and after February 5, 2024. The tube and core and pro

It's the third year in a row inflation has prompted an increase in Social Security checks. Here's when you can expect to see bigger payments.

RSW served a record-breaking 10.3 million passengers in 2022 and is one of the top 50 U.S. airports for passenger traffic.