North Carolina elected leaders have enacted several ineffective and misleading laws over the years, but when it comes to undermining public confidence in government and taking advantage of vulnerable people, the badly misnamed “education lottery” has to be near the bottom of any “worst of” list.
Duke Energy chief Lynn Good is among the highest paid despite company’s inadequate work to tackle the climate emergency
In December, the national unemployment rate dropped to 3.5 percent, down 0.1 percent from the previous month.
Data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows positive trends in North Carolina’s tight job market over the past 6 months, but not all industries are benefiting as much as others.
According to the US Department of Transportation, North Carolina will receive a total of $109,024,196 over the next 5 years for the development and expansion of electric vehicle infrastructure.
Recently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released both national and state unemployment and jobs data from September.
It’s no secret that one of the biggest shifts in work life in the past few years has been the increasing popularity of remote work as the pandemic forced offices everywhere to shut down.
As released in the Bureau of Labor Statistics report earlier last month, North Carolina’s unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in August, up from 3.5 percent in July.
Gas prices nationally have continued to decrease since June of this year — prices haven’t been this low since early March of 2022.
Governor Roy Cooper announced last week that Wolfspeed Inc, a leading manufacturer of semiconductors, was in the process of building a new facility in Siler City that is expected to bring in an estimated $5 billion in investments for the town and Chatham County across the next eight years.
