State Treasurer Brad Briner is hosted a press conference today to look back at a busy and successful year at the Department of State Treasurer.
“When I came into office, I inherited many challenges facing our divisions. Working with my talented team, we made some hard but necessary decisions, resolved issues, established winning strategies and implemented forward-looking policies,” said Treasurer Briner.
More good news from bonding agencies today - as S&P assigned another AAA bond rating to North Carolina’s outstanding general obligation bonds. This is the highest ranking a state can be given and indicates it is both financially stable and has a high level of credit worthiness.
State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today Moody’s has affirmed North Carolina’s Aaa rating on its outstanding general obligation bonds. The credit rating agency declared: “North Carolina is one of the strongest states according to nearly every measure.”
In its rating Moody’s said: “North Carolina's Aaa issuer rating recognizes very low leverage … and an economic growth rate that continues to outperform nearly all other states in the region.”
Time savings, efficiency and effectiveness and future workflow benefits- these are just some things being said about
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.
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.
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.