Governor Josh Stein

On top of a proposed 15% rate hike, Duke Energy is now asking North Carolinians to foot the bill for an additional $800 million in increased fuel costs. I vetoed Senate Bill 266 for exactly this reason: because it would further expose North Carolina ratepayers to volatile fuel markets and shift the cost of electricity from large industrial users onto the backs of regular people, making your utility bills more expensive. Republican legislators knew this too – but still left North Carolinians holding the bag. The Utilities Commission should step in to secure an affordable energy future for North Carolinians. We must do everything we can to make life more affordable for families, not more expensive.

Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is an opportunity for us to reaffirm our commitment to never forgetting one of the darkest chapters in human history when 6 million Jews and millions of other people were exterminated by the N***s and their collaborators. May their memories be a blessing.

In commemorating the lives lost and bearing witness to the unimaginable atrocities of the Holocaust, we must do more than remember. We must do everything in our power to keep this awful history from repeating itself.

We have the power to shape a brighter future for generations to come. In Jewish tradition, we speak of “I’dor vador,” from generation to generation. The strength and resilience of those who came before us lives on within us today, and it is our responsibility to carry that legacy forward and help shape a brighter future for our children and grandchildren.