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.
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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.
The 12-week pilot program between the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer (DST) and OpenAI found millions of dollars in potential unclaimed property that could soon be on its way back to North Carolinians. The partnership was formed to see how artificial intelligence could be used to help improve government services. After three months, DST’s initial findings show operational efficiency has been improved in key areas of our department, allowing us to better serve the people of North Carolina.
North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner and OpenAI today announced a pilot program to use artificial intelligence to improve government services for the people of North Carolina. Over the next 12 weeks, the Department of State Treasurer (DST) and OpenAI will explore ways to safely and responsibly use ChatGPT in combination with publicly available data to increase operational efficiency and enhance public service delivery to North Carolina’s residents.
North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today that Loretta Boniti will join the Department of State Treasurer as the Director of Strategic Communications and Media Relations. Loretta joins the Department from Spectrum News 1, where she served as a political anchor and senior political reporter.
In recent media interviews, Pilot Mountain Mayor Evan Cockerham has asserted that the Local Government Commission (LGC) “failed to alert us to financial discrepancies and, thus far, have offered only limited guidance.” This statement is factually inaccurate. In fact, LGC staff have been meeting with the town representatives for the last eight years, expressing concerns about Pilot Mountain’s financial health and fiscal management.
On behalf of the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer I would like to extend congratulations to Treasurer-elect Brad Briner for his election as the 29th State Treasurer of North Carolina. I wish him success in his future endeavors with the Department of State Treasurer. Our hearts, minds and doors will be open to Treasurer-elect Briner as we move forward with the transition of administrations. The staff and I will be available to him to answer any questions and assist with the move-in process.
I concur with the Governor’s emergency executive order extending additional benefits to areas hit the hardest by Hurricane Helene. While natural disasters are nothing new in North Carolina, they always present new opportunities to learn important lessons. I recommend that the Governor, working with local, state and federal officials and agencies, resolve to more clearly define and identify areas that are most impacted by this and future disasters.
Our prayers, hearts and minds go out to the people of Western North Carolina who are reeling from the historic damage done to them by Hurricane Helene. This once-in-a-lifetime tragedy demands that we all pull together to help each other during this unprecedented time. The staff of the Department of State Treasurer, including the State Health Plan, the Retirement Systems Division and the State and Local Government Finance Division are all working to make sure that we support the people in that region of the state with every resource that we can provide.
I am glad that Atrium is finally doing the right thing by cancelling medical debt and the punishing liens they have put on people’s homes. Unfortunately, it comes after many lives have already been ruined and thousands were thrown into generational poverty. It also took a big government payout in the form of hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ dollars being funneled to the hospital cartel to do what they should already have been doing – providing charity care equal to the value of their $1.8 billion in tax breaks.