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State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today that Tim Melton will be the Department of State Treasurer’s interim general counsel. The move follows current General Counsel Ben Garner’s decision to resign at the end of this month to take a job in the private sector. 

The North Carolina Retirement Systems (NCRS) has released 397,584 electronic 1099R and W2 tax documents for retirees and benefit recipients - well ahead of the statutory Jan. 31 deadline. 

North’s Carolina’s appellate court agreed with a lower court ruling today, affirming a state law which allows the state treasurer to make an appointment to the North Carolina Utilities Commission. This appointment previously had been granted to the governor.

The North Carolina Investment Authority Board of Directors was updated on important policies and guidelines today in its final preparation meeting before assuming fiduciary responsibility of the $139 billion state pension plan effective Jan. 1.