North Carolina’s employment situation improved again in April as the unemployment rate fell to 3.4%, remaining below the national average of 3.6%, according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 7:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s employment situation improved once again last month as the unemployment rate decreased to 3.5% for March according to the latest data from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 @ 1:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s unemployment situation continued to improve in February as the unemployment rate dropped to 3.7%, according to the latest data from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 @ 1:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This morning’s jobs report shows an acceleration in job growth in February and an upward revision to January’s job growth.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 3:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Legislation introduced by Republican lawmakers would mandate recipients of unemployment benefits actively search for work, a requirement that hasn’t been in place since the pandemic began in March.
Published: Thursday, February 25th, 2021 @ 8:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The economy added 49,000 jobs in January after losing 227,000 jobs in December.
Published: Saturday, February 6th, 2021 @ 4:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Monday, May 18, the opinion team for The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer called for Gov. Roy Cooper to take responsibility for North Carolina’s disastrous unemployment insurance system.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 5:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After Gov. Roy Cooper ordered restaurants and bars closed starting March 16 due to the coronavirus, unemployment benefit claims in North Carolina skyrocketed.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 9:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released “The Employment Situation — April 2020” Friday stating the seasonally adjusted national unemployment rate was 14.7%.
Published: Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 @ 6:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This is our new American moment. There has never been a better time to start living the American Dream.
Published: Monday, April 9th, 2018 @ 12:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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That unemployment rate the drive-bys regularly quote to you is actually a percentage of the "workforce." In economics, the "workforce" is defined as that portion of the population, of working age, who are employed in civilian or military jobs.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 7:52 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We are hearing a lot about bullying lately. Its in our schools. Its in our work places. Its on the roads.
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 7:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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How do we allow ourselves to be taken advantage of so regularly?? The continuing - but so far seemingly unsuccessful - war on poverty is a good case in point.
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2011 @ 9:13 am
By: Jim Bispo
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After a lot of bickering we finally agreed on a bi-partisan approach to identify how we should go about getting our National finances back in order.
Published: Sunday, October 9th, 2011 @ 3:30 am
By: Jim Bispo
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In between his $35,000 a plate fund raisers, the prez says he is turning his attention to improving the employment situation - or more specifically, the unemployment situation.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2011 @ 9:12 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Here we go again with Judge Manning weighing in on the legislature's deliberations as if it was any of his business as a judge. As a taxpayer, yes; but as a judge, no
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2011 @ 10:13 am
By: Jim Bispo
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The community organizer must have gotten a new speech writer. Otherwise, how could he be changing the tune quite so smoothly.
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2011 @ 2:54 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Washington, North Carolina native Ashley Woolard has announced his candidacy before a standing room only crowd at the Beaufort County Republican Men's Club
Published: Friday, October 9th, 2009 @ 12:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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