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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…