Press Releases
An effort to keep state dollars in North Carolina came to fruition today at the N.C.
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The next round of interest-free Cashflow Loans is ready to be distributed to local governments in need. This will be the third installment of loans disbursed as a way to help communities who are already hard at work recovering from Hurricane Helene.
State Treasurer Brad Briner applauds the General Assembly for reaching an agreement to fund crucial Department of State Treasurer needs in House Bill 125, including additional funding for the State Health Plan (Plan).
New no-cost, high-quality health care will soon be available for State Health Plan (Plan) members. Under a new agreement, set to begin in October, Plan members will have access to an innovative new surgical benefit as part of the efforts to reduce costs for members and help overcome the budget deficit. N.C. State Treasurer Brad Briner is announcing the Plan has signed into a partnership with Lantern, a Specialty Care Platform, giving members who need surgery access to Lantern’s network of the region’s top surgeons and specialists at no cost to them.
The campus is expected to bring more than 8,000 jobs to southwestern Wake County
The North Carolina Retirement Systems ("NCRS") produced landmark earnings during the first six months of 2025. This week at Council of State, Treasurer Brad Briner reported the plan yielded $8 billion in investment returns since he took office on Jan. 1. This is approximately $3.5 billion more than our assumed return. The NCRS outperformed the U.S. stock market and was able to significantly cut down the inherited $16 billion deficit.Treasurer Briner statement on pension earnings:
New State and Local Government Finan
When the United States Supreme Court decided United States v. Skrmetti almost two weeks ago, we issued a press release notifying everyone we believed it would result in an order in Kadel v. Folwell, vacating the decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Today, the Supreme Court followed through as we expected. Once the full legal process is finalized in the coming weeks, we anticipate this will lead to the State Health Plan of North Carolina re-implementing the longstanding exclusion on transition-related medical care.
State Treasurer Brad Briner hailed today’s decision by a Superior Court three-judge panel upholding his authority to appoint a member to the N.C. Utilities Commission.