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Government figures for job growth over the past year have been significantly revised after being overestimated by more than 800,000 jobs.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2024 @ 5:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Would it surprise you that a top Biden official is accused of doling out cushy, well-paying government jobs and contracts to her liberal friends?
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 @ 1:21 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Cooper administration’s announcement of a “Memorandum of Understanding” with the nation of Denmark to share “knowledge, data, and best practices” over offshore wind energy development predictably set their media acolytes abuzz.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 12:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Pres. Biden and Gov. Cooper tout government intervention to force offshore wind energy development off North Carolina beaches as a way to create jobs and grow the economy
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 2:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State of North Carolina recruiters will participate in a Virtual Government and Non-Profit Jobs Hiring Event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 27.
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 6:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On the heels of my colleague Jon Sanders highlighting that the cost to North Carolina taxpayers for each promised job from government handouts to corporations comes to $586,000 each, the N&O reports that two previous corporate welfare deals are being canceled because the promised jobs never came.
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 11:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nearly 2 million Americans have turned down jobs because the unemployment benefits are too lucrative
Published: Friday, July 30th, 2021 @ 7:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Many will lose jobs and businesses in this crisis. Is government making it worse?
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2020 @ 11:39 am
By: LifeZette
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The incentives game just keeps getting worse. It used to be that state and local governments would put together a package to help lure a large company for a major project bringing significant numbers of new jobs to an area
Published: Monday, April 16th, 2018 @ 4:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raising the government-mandated minimum wage to $15 per hour could cost North Carolina 334,000 jobs
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 5:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory joined nearly 300 state government and military leaders at a summit today to encourage hiring veterans in state government. The summit was part of Governor McCrory's efforts to make North Carolina the most military and veteran-friendly state in the nation by connecting...
Published: Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 @ 4:46 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Two years ago, the federal government quietly abandoned its $60 million effort to isolate "green jobs" from employment in other sectors of the economy, a campaign that one key congressman called little more than "propaganda designed to advance a misleading political narrative" and that a former...
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 9:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jobs remain the most important issue facing North Carolina. Our government does not create jobs; however, it creates the environment in which job creators flourish.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 11:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Government Contracting Specialists, Inc. (GCS, Inc.), a woman-owned company, will locate its offices in Currituck County. The company plans to create 60 new jobs and invest more than $325,000 over the next three...
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 5:37 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Government should stop funding colleges and universities simply on the basis of butts in seats. Instead, it should reward high performance and the preparation of graduates for good-paying jobs.
Published: Saturday, January 4th, 2014 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Great News on Jobs" crowed The Washington Post. The government reports that 236,000 jobs were "created" in February and the unemployment rate fell from 7.9 to 7.7 percent.
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2013 @ 9:47 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Established by Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), the Public Works Administration (PWA) was an expansive, Depression-era Federal government spending program that aimed to create jobs while improving the nation's infrastructure.
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2013 @ 3:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov.-elect Pat McCrory promised Thursday to scrutinize the efficiency and accountability of government departments and programs, while vowing to work across political and geographical boundaries to create more jobs and bring "a mayor's attitude" of problem-solving to Raleigh.
Published: Friday, November 9th, 2012 @ 7:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember the embarrassing Solyndra debacle perpetrated by the federal government? You would think that North Carolina lawmakers would have learned a lesson about the futility of granting government privileges to inefficient "green" energy schemes. Think again.
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 @ 7:38 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's February unemployment rate dropped in both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted measures, the state's Department of Commerce reported today.
Published: Sunday, April 1st, 2012 @ 3:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two government-funded surveys of "green jobs" released in March show vastly different estimates for the number of green jobs in North Carolina, even though both studies were funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Published: Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 @ 11:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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