The organizer of the campaign tells WRAL News that he's creating an organization with a board that seeks to carry out the fundraiser's primary goal: to throw "a world-class party." The group also hopes to give excess money to charities.



Organizer of viral fundraiser for UNC frat 'rager' creating board to plan party, give to charities

American flag goes back up on UNC campus

Triangle residents who are fans of thrills and themed attractions don't have to travel far to experience some of the best.

Guide: Amusement parks within driving distance of Raleigh

New Carowinds rollercoaster nears opening date

All assets associated with the tag: Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen Coverage

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressed confidence in the nation's banks Tuesday but said she is prepared to take additional action to safeguard smaller financial institutions as the Biden administration and federal regulators work to contain fallout from fears over the stability of the banking system.

U.S. is ready to protect smaller banks if necessary, Yellen says

Yellen Says U.S. Ready to Protect Smaller Banks if Necessary

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited the triangle Tuesday to talk about the economic benefits of federal clean energy investments and tour renewable sites in Durham and Chapel Hill.

Janet Yellen visits the Triangle to tout clean energy economy

Janet Yellen Visits Chapel Hill Solar Field

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spent Tuesday in Chapel Hill and Durham She visited renewable energy sites and met with area leaders.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spent the day in Chapel Hill and Durham visiting renewable energy sites and meeting with some local leaders w Orioles. Climate climate change Reporter Liz Mclaughlin has been covering her moves in the triangle today. Secretary Yellen's last stop of the day was a round table here in downtown Durham talking with local recipients of Covid 19 relief funds. Her main focus today though, clean energy and how it can spur economic growth as inflation fears. In Chapel Hill today, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen talked about a bright economic future of clean energy independence. No country controls the wind and the sun and countries that can harness those sources of energy will make their economies more resilient and secure yellin visited north Carolina to highlight historic climate change investments in recent legislation and its economic impact, including tax credits for consumers to go green. There are direct subsidies to households to both help the environment and help household budgets yellin, one of cypress creek renewables 245 solar fields in north Carolina. After touring the company's control center in Durham, the company's ceo says the federal infrastructure investment and incentives will translate to private sector growth in the state. Absolutely! We will develop more projects in north Carolina. We will build more projects in north Carolina and we will operate more projects in north Carolina, which means that there will be well paid jobs in north Carolina because of the inflation reduction act. While Yellen was here to tout the benefits of the biden administration's proposal to spend nearly $400 billion over the next 10 years on climate related funding, not everyone agreed. In a statement, the state GOP called her visit ironic, claiming she was presenting solutions for problems the biden administration created in Durham, Liz Mclaughlin News.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits the Triangle to tour renewable energy facility

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to visit Durham and Chapel Hill on Tuesday. The trip includes a visit to a renewable energy facility, according to an itinerary from the Treasury Department first shared on WRAL News.

Yellen to tour Durham renewable energy facility

During an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, "We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year." PolitiFact checks her claim.

Fact check: Yellen says 'we've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year'

Yellen Aims to Win Support for Global Tax Deal

On the May 2 edition of NBC's "Meet the Press," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen defended the administration's approach of seeking to raise corporate income taxes, suggesting that corporate profits are rising yet largely escaping taxation.

Fact check: Yellen says 'corporate income has increased as a share of GDP'

PolitiFact: Half-true

WASHINGTON — Janet Yellen became an economist at a time when few women entered the profession and fewer still rose in a male-dominated environment. She is now poised to become the first female Treasury secretary and one of few people to ever have wielded economic power from the White House, the Federal Reserve and the president’s Cabinet.