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North Carolina residents experienced a slightly lower inflation rate in January 2026 compared to the national average, according to the latest data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics released Feb. 13.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 @ 4:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently released third-quarter numbers for 2025, showing a gross domestic product (GDP) increase of 5.6% for North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 @ 7:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Democrat-proposed energy bills Tuesday, giving the state some of the most rigid energy mandates in the nation.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 11:06 pm
By: Daily Wire
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According to the latest report from the N.C. Department of Commerce, North Carolina has a 3.3% unemployment rate, the lowest in decades.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 11:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s unemployment rate decreased again in April from March’s rate of 3.5% to 3.4% according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The national rate also decreased to 3.4%.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% in March according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. This is lower than February’s revised rate of 3.6%, yet 0.2 percentage points higher than the unemployment rate in March of last year.
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2023 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Declining Labor Force, Wages, and Work Hours Cause for Concern
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 11:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Declining Labor Force Participation and Real Wages
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 1:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unemployment decreased in 96 of North Carolina’s 100 counties in December, according to the latest release from the state’s Department of Commerce. Ninety-two counties also saw a decrease in unemployment rates in November’s county-level jobs report.
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 7:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most North Carolina voters believe the US is already in a recession
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 9:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2022 midterm elections didn’t exactly go as expected for Republicans, but there was some good news in the data collected in exit polls.
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 @ 2:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina’s July unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.4% for the fourth consecutive month according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The national rate decreased by 0.1% to 3.5%.
Published: Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 @ 12:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s June unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.4% for the third consecutive month according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The national rate also remains unchanged at 3.6%
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After 10 months of steady decreases, North Carolina’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in May from April’s 3.4% rate, according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Monday, July 11th, 2022 @ 3:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2021 county population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau are the first set of population estimates based on the 2020 Census.
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2022 @ 7:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Following the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announcement that North Carolina won’t be ending the mask mandate for public school children, N.C. Speaker of the House, Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, stated that the House would be advancing legislation to give parents the ability to opt-out.
Published: Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, on Military Spouse Appreciation Day, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, reintroduced the Jobs and Childcare for Military Families Act
Published: Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 @ 9:23 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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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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Even as many businesses try to get forgivable loans to keep their employees at work, others are furloughing or laying off workers because unemployment benefits through July will be much more generous than whatever the business could pay.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 7:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s economic and fiscal health is riding a decade of success.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 9:35 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N&O this weekend published an editorial declaring that North Carolina’s corporate income tax cuts are “not working.”
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 @ 4:31 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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There’s no magic bullet. N.C. lawmakers admit as much when they discuss ways to boost student achievement in school districts labeled “predominantly disadvantaged.”
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 9:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In 1940, some 3.6 million people lived in North Carolina, ranking the state 11th in the nation in population and first in the Southeast. Across the South as a whole, only Texas (6.4 million) was more populous.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2019 @ 9:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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President Donald J. Trump is encouraging investment to create opportunity in distressed communities.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2018 @ 12:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With the holiday season gearing up, now is a good time for people who use tobacco to make a plan to quit and give the gift of health to themselves and their loved ones
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 12:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Do you want to hear some good news? For many readers across North Carolina who are still suffering from or cleaning up after the ravages of Hurricane Florence, some good news might be a welcome relief
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2018 @ 11:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This November, lawsuits permitting, North Carolinians will vote in referendums on six constitutional amendments
Published: Sunday, September 2nd, 2018 @ 12:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Impulsive legislative action over four infant deaths at a Cary natural birth center operated by midwives could limit access to a healthy, lower-cost alternative for expectant mothers, says one of North Carolina's top nurse midwives
Published: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 @ 4:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An updated resource for fighting cancer in North Carolina is now available to citizens and medical professionals through the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
Published: Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 @ 2:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's infant mortality rate dipped by 1.4 percent in 2016 to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 births, compared with the 2015 rate of 7.3 infant deaths
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 10:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The percentage of North Carolina adults who reported smoking cigarettes in 2016 is the lowest ever recorded, 17.9 percent
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2017 @ 5:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's labor market ended 2016 on a strong note. Total employment in the state hit 4,360,200 jobs in December, up two percent from the December 2015 figure
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2017 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The evidence is undeniable: North Carolina has outperformed regional and national averages in most standard measures of economic growth, including job creation, gross domestic product, and personal income, since conservatives took control of state government
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2016 @ 2:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The title of a recent Raleigh News and Observer article — “Economy in North Carolina is a Mixed Bag” — gives away the story’s conclusion. Of course, this conclusion is a rather trivial one that probably could be reached for every state in the union at any period in history.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 4:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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