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The question isn’t whether a massive buildout of offshore wind capacity off North Carolina beaches would lead to fewer jobs and less economic growth than otherwise, but how extensive the losses would be
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 9:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fishing communities in every coastal state have tried to alert the Biden administration to offshore wind energy’s threat to their industry and marine habitats, biodiversity, and oceanography
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2022 @ 4:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A key measure of inflation rose to a new 40-year high in June, according to new data, marking troubling news for Americans as the economy officially entered a recession on Thursday.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 10:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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President Joe Biden suggested that the U.S. economy was not in a recession Thursday despite new economic data showing that the U.S. has entered a recession.
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2022 @ 1:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Be prepared for more market shocks, tax increases, inflation and pain at the pump
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 9:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In June the first Spotted Lanternfly sighting in North Carolina happened in Forsyth County. In a news release, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture said the spotting occurred near Interstate 40 in Kernersville.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 2:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In his forthcoming State of the Union speech, “President Biden will emphasize his efforts to curb inflation,”reads The Wall Street Journal.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 11:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a huge blow at the economies of many states, with North Carolina falling about the middle of the pack; better than most, but worse than others.
Published: Friday, February 18th, 2022 @ 12:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Biden “plan” is not working. These are just a few of the ways experts are describing the worst jobs report of the year.
Published: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @ 11:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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So far this year, Gov. Cooper has pledged over $930.7 million in tax incentives to just 22 corporations, including $845.8 million over four decades to Apple
Published: Friday, December 3rd, 2021 @ 10:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Biden agenda destroy, destroy, destroy
Published: Monday, September 27th, 2021 @ 5:20 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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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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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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Nihal Krishan of the Washington Examiner highlights the track record of an economist who influences Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2020 @ 9:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are about 300,000 fewer jobs in North Carolina today than there were in February, before the start of the COVID-19 recession.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2020 @ 2:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Three years ago today, 58 people lost their lives and hundreds more were wounded in the horrific Las Vegas music festival shooting.
Published: Friday, October 9th, 2020 @ 1:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"33% fatality rate in people who become ill"
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 @ 12:45 am
By: Daily Wire
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This is a truly historic day - a very, very important day, especially in a beautiful part of the world.
Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 @ 6:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The COVID-19 response in America has focused on several fronts.
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 @ 1:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. unemployment rate shocked economists on Wall Street, dropping to 13.3% for the month of May.
Published: Monday, June 8th, 2020 @ 9:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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Nearly 3 million Americans filed for new unemployment benefits last week, pushing the number of people who have lost their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic to more than 36.5 million, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2020 @ 12:19 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. economy shrank at a 4.8% annual rate in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic prompted states to shut down businesses and led companies to layoff more than 26 million Americans.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2020 @ 8:32 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The professional left’s work-equals-death argument is an irresponsible misrepresentation of the movement to reopen North Carolina’s economy
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2020 @ 1:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The professional left’s work-equals-death argument is an irresponsible misrepresentation of the movement to reopen North Carolina’s economy
Published: Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 @ 11:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Chinese official slammed Missouri for filing a lawsuit against China and its leaders over the coronavirus pandemic.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 @ 12:17 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors is taking concerns over North Carolina’s budget impasse straight to the General Assembly — in the form of a resolution asking lawmakers to quit stalling and pass an updated spending plan.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 @ 2:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We're very well along the way with Mexico. The relationship is very good. And with Canada, we'll see what happens.
Published: Thursday, September 27th, 2018 @ 11:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Destroying property and taking things from people doesn't grow the economy. Sounds rather obvious? That's why lobbyists come armed with "economic impact" studies.
Published: Friday, April 29th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For decades, energy costs have been manipulated by state government subsidies. Just like other subsidies, whether for the film industry, automobile manufacturers, or even specific companies, special treatments transfer the tax burden from the recipients of the subsidies to others, creating unfair...
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 4:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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That North Carolina's system of automobile inspections persists is, as I wrote in my 2013 report on Carolina Cronyism, "a triumph of cronyism." North Carolina is one of only 17 states that require safety inspections of automobiles, though there have been frequent legislative efforts to end them...
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 2:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, North Carolina added some 11,000 jobs in April and nearly 107,000 jobs over the 12-month period. That's a annual growth rate in payroll employment of 2.6 percent, which exceeds the national and Southeastern averages (each 2.2 percent).
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 @ 3:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This morning a crowd gathered to see the Mayor of Belhaven and his entourage off to Washington, DC. There were some 100 people gathered on the waterfront and across from the closed Belhaven Hospital.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2015 @ 12:06 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2015 @ 12:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Correct ideas are not always popular ones. I freely admit that most North Carolinians favor increasing the legal minimum wage, through either congressional or legislative action. Supporters believe that it will help workers rise out of poverty...
Published: Sunday, December 14th, 2014 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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