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Since Governor Pat McCrory entered office in January 2013, North Carolina's economy added 300,000 new jobs, the state experienced one of the largest drops in unemployment in the country, $2.6 billion in debt for federal unemployment insurance was paid off, personal income and business taxes were cut
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 6:16 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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"North Carolina's recent, major changes in economic policy have resulted, thus far, in sizable increases in economic growth, employment, and salaries, and reductions in unemployment rates."
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 2:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped even lower to 4.6 percent in August, the lowest since April 2007.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 @ 9:54 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped even lower to 4.6 percent in August, the lowest since April 2007
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 @ 9:43 am
By: McCrory Communications
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According to data released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, North Carolina's unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent in July 2016, the lowest it's been in nine years
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2016 @ 1:00 pm
By: Bill Cook
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North Carolina's unemployment rate decreased below the national average to 4.7 percent in July
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2016 @ 9:26 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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"North Carolina's economy is firing on all cylinders," said Governor McCrory. "North Carolina is home to one of the fastest growing economies in the nation, revenues are up above projections, unemployment is at an 8-year-low and more than 275,000 private sector jobs have been added since 2013."
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2016 @ 8:50 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement on North Carolina's latest unemployment numbers
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 3:27 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Progressive critics of North Carolina's historic 2013 tax reforms are quick to seize on topline unemployment rate figures in an attempt to discredit the rate cuts. But a closer look shows that in fact our state has enjoyed stellar job growth since taxes were cut.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:54 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In 2013, North Carolina's unemployment insurance (UI) program was in terrible shape. Like most states, North Carolina borrowed funds from the federal government to cover increased unemployment benefits during the great recession. The Tar Heel State owed Washington $2.75 billion. As a result, the sta
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2015 @ 4:12 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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While North Carolina's unemployment rate currently stands at just under 6 percent, some argue that problems in the state's labor market are worse than that one statistic would indicate.
Published: Monday, October 12th, 2015 @ 2:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory continued his sweeping reform of North Carolina's unemployment insurance program with the signing of Senate Bill 15 during a ceremony at the Gaston County JobLink facility in Gastonia
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2015 @ 6:27 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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According to most economic indicators, North Carolina's economy is on the upswing. Job growth exceeds the regional and national averages. The state's recent decline in unemployment - even when you include discouraged workers who've dropped out of the labor force - is one of the largest in the...
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2015 @ 9:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The writer of Ecclesiastes was correct. For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 8:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement after North Carolina's unemployment rate decreased to 5.8% in November, adding nearly 10,000 jobs over the month and 176,000 since the governor took office...
Published: Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014 @ 4:35 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after North Carolina's unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent. That represents a 1.2 point drop from October 2013 and is 2.5 points lower than January 2013 when the governor entered office.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 10:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement after North Carolina's unemployment rate decreased again to 6.2 percent in April, adding over 14,000 jobs in the past month and nearly 70,000 over the last year...
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 3:27 pm
By: Chris Downey
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At the beginning of every legislative session it is good to take stock of where North Carolina is and where it is headed.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 12:13 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement after North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped to 6.3 percent in March, adding over 10,000 jobs in the past month and 56,000 over the last year.
Published: Monday, April 21st, 2014 @ 10:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement after North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped to 6.4 percent, the first time it has been lower than the national average since March 2006.
Published: Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 @ 5:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) and Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued the following joint statement Monday in response to North Carolina's unemployment rate dropping to its lowest level since August 2008.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When Republicans took control of the legislature in January 2011, North Carolina's economy was struggling, the unemployment rate was 10.4%, citizens and businesses were burdened with a 1930s Depression-era tax code, and the state owed the federal government $2.5 billion.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker released the following statement after North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped by 0.5 of a percentage point to 6.9 percent - the lowest rate in more than five years.
Published: Monday, February 3rd, 2014 @ 12:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last weekend Governor Pat McCrory appeared on the statewide television talk show NC SPIN to discuss his first eight months in office.
Published: Saturday, September 21st, 2013 @ 10:27 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A change in North Carolina's tax code is coming this year. The most likely outcome will be a reduction in the reliance on our state's income taxes and more of a reliance on an expanded sales tax.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 @ 8:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory signed House Bill 4, the first step towards paying off North Carolina's $2.5 billion debt to the federal government and reforming North Carolina's unemployment insurance system.
Published: Thursday, February 21st, 2013 @ 6:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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While North Carolina's economy continues to rot. and the unemployment lines get bigger, the Democrat Party only wants to talk about gynecology.
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2012 @ 9:23 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The need to reform North Carolina's tax structure is urgent. Our state's economy continues to struggle, suffering from a 9.7 unemployment rate - fifth highest in the nation
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 2:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's unemployment rate has been 9.4 percent for the past three months. That statistic certainly helps to identify our labor market as one of the weakest in the country.
Published: Saturday, August 4th, 2012 @ 6:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's unemployment rate fell in April by three-tenths of a point, to 9.4 percent. Good news? Not really.
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2012 @ 2:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points in March to a seasonally adjusted rate of 9.7 percent as the number of unemployed fell and the number of people with jobs rose.
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2012 @ 8:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina owes the federal government $2.8 billion the state borrowed to pay unemployment benefits since the depths of the Great Recession.
Published: Saturday, April 14th, 2012 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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