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“She believes running for Congress is Big Business and cares more about special interest money than the people of Eastern North Carolina. That’s why she has earned the name Laurie Sellout.”
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2025 @ 10:00 am
By: ENC NOW
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Beaufort County Community College (Beaufort CCC)’s Small Business Center director, Jack Dugan, received the Center of Excellence Innovation Award for Programs and Seminars during last week’s North Carolina Community College Small Business Center Network meeting.
Published: Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 @ 3:03 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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New business creations, possible new jobs, and job deals falling through, added to a mixed week for job news for North Carolina this week.
Published: Saturday, July 12th, 2025 @ 10:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An attorney and business owner from Salisbury, Rowan County, has joined the growing list of contenders for the GOP nomination for governor in North Carolina in 2024.
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For the second year in a row, North Carolina has earned the top spot in CNBC’s annual “America’s Top States for Business” ranking. Gov. Roy Cooper wasted no time taking credit in an interview with CNBC, but as usual there’s more to the story.
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 11:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Major Business and Education Leaders Joined Governor Cooper at Central Piedmont Community College to Celebrate North Carolina’s Top Spot Ranking and World-Class Workforce
Published: Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 @ 3:29 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall announced during this month’s small business week that new business filings are still at near-record levels in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 11:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Business North Carolina recently named State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) CEO Jim Hayes to the publication’s Power List 2023, an annual selection of North Carolina’s most influential private sector leaders.
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 @ 12:28 am
By: ENC NOW
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National groups representing manufacturers, small businesses, and major corporations are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a sales tax dispute from North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2023 @ 10:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed April 30 – May 6, 2023 as Small Business Week to celebrate the impact of entrepreneurs and small businesses on North Carolina’s economy.
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2023 @ 8:54 am
By: Governor's Office
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The Moore County Sheriff’s office held a press conference Sunday afternoon to update the public on widespread power outages this weekend impacting 40,000 homes and businesses across the sandhills region of central North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, December 28th, 2022 @ 8:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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To capture more of the business involved in processing agricultural products and to further grow the state’s agricultural economy, a new pilot plant facility focused on food manufacturing opened in 2019 at the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis.
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2022 @ 6:07 pm
By: ENC NOW
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N.C. Treasurer Folwell Applauds Ruling
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 1:26 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Two Chatham County communities will soon be without twenty-seven homes, five businesses, and one church because the state of North Carolina is exercising its eminent domain powers to make way for VinFast, a startup Vietnamese auto company.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2022 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an interview with Fox Business, Duke Energy CEO shares where the future of energy is heading for North Carolina
Published: Sunday, August 21st, 2022 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Revenue (DOR) is partnering with the Small Business Center Network across the North Carolina Community College System to offer free tax classes for small business owners.
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2022 @ 3:12 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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Former business executive and N.C. Commerce Secretary John Skvarla passed away Tuesday, July 19. Skvarla also served the state of North Carolina as head of the Department of Environmental Quality under then-Gov. Pat McCrory.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 12:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Small businesses across the country are in danger due to Democrats’ Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) proposal. With this legislation, 66 percent of small businesses in North Carolina are in at risk of taking the blow from Joe Biden’s tax hike – that’s over 2.2 million jobs on the line.
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 10:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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CNBC ranked North Carolina as the #1 state for business and economy in 2022. North Carolina has consistently been a top 10 contender and last year was the runner-up, but what caused the state to take the top spot?
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 8:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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According to the North Carolina Department of Commerce, the state gained 24,224 new jobs through business and industry and $10.1 billion in new private investment in 2021. These announcements were new economic development records for North Carolina.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2022 @ 1:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 1 - 7, 2022 as Small Business Week to celebrate America’s entrepreneurs and the impact of small businesses on North Carolina’s economy.
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2022 @ 8:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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During the next three months, the NC Department of Administration is providing business and government leaders opportunities to join a virtual lunch and learn series that explore ways to enhance and develop diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within North Carolina’s public and private business
Published: Saturday, April 16th, 2022 @ 8:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina continues to create businesses at a rapid pace. Thanks to conservative policies, more individuals are empowered to identify market opportunities and bear the uncertainty that comes with starting a business.
Published: Saturday, April 16th, 2022 @ 8:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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New business growth in North Carolina shows no signs of stopping according to Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2022 @ 2:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A recent article in The Business Journals highlights North Carolina’s tax reform as a “game changer” for bringing businesses and growth to the state.
Published: Thursday, March 31st, 2022 @ 5:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an inestimable year of damage done to our Constitutional Republic by the politicization of Covid, and to the People and small businesses of North Carolina, who are damaged by the tyranny of bad governing by an Authoritarian executive branch, accountability must now reign.
Published: Saturday, January 15th, 2022 @ 12:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Businesses have suffered disproportionately during Governor Roy Cooper's shutdown of "nonessential businesses" as opposed to his opinion of what are "essential businesses" here in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 2:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Funding will be used to establish a business center to aid North Carolina minority business enterprise firms
Published: Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 @ 4:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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RISE29 empowers students, businesses in eastern North Carolina
Published: Friday, June 11th, 2021 @ 8:19 am
By: ECU News Services
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When it comes to giving out business incentives, you won’t find North Carolina at the top of the list.
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2021 @ 8:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Thousands of businesses across North Carolina have closed their doors with no hope of returning, even after the COVID-19 pandemic is over.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 3:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Dan Forest for Governor campaign has launched its first statewide TV advertisement, highlighting Lt. Governor Forest's background as a businessman and his vision for rebuilding North Carolina's economy.
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 @ 5:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper should stop picking winners and losers in business as he reopens North Carolina’s economy, says N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 9:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Every February, the Information Analysis section of the Division of School Business at the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) publishes “Highlights of the North Carolina Public School Budget.”
Published: Thursday, May 28th, 2020 @ 7:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Beaufort businessman Randy Ramsey has been elected permanent chairman of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors.
Published: Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 @ 7:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Thousands of small business loan applications from North Carolina businesses and pending, but state lawmakers are broadening the pool of applicants.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 6:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In October 2019, Beaufort businessman Randy Ramsey was unanimously elected chairman of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 11:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Greg Murphy (NC-03) released the following statement in response to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) disaster declaration for several North Carolina counties.
Published: Saturday, October 19th, 2019 @ 12:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter today to the U.S. Small Business Administration requesting that the SBA grant a disaster declaration for North Carolina counties that were affected by Hurricane Dorian.
Published: Sunday, October 13th, 2019 @ 2:37 pm
By: Governor's Office
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