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The Golden LEAF Foundation supports workforce projects that help close the skills gap and increase the pool of highly qualified individuals with skills aligned to North Carolina businesses’ current and future needs.
Published: Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 @ 1:08 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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In fiscal year 2022-23, the Golden LEAF Foundation Board of Directors awarded a total of $55,670,651.84 to support 102 projects across 53 counties.
Published: Saturday, November 18th, 2023 @ 10:34 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded a total of $5,417,644 million in funding at its April 2023 meeting.
Published: Sunday, April 30th, 2023 @ 9:28 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded a total of $5,417,644 million in funding.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 1:26 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Local workforce development boards will use funds to help jobseekers, small businesses
Published: Sunday, November 6th, 2022 @ 8:40 am
By: Governor's Office
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“Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe explained to Megyn Kelly that there’s “7 million able-bodied men” who aren’t looking for work and he’s said it’s not a “skills gap” but instead a “will gap” as too many appear to be addicted to their screens.
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2022 @ 11:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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According to the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC), more than 1,400 short-term, occupational skill training courses are offered across the state to train, retrain, and upgrade workers for current or future job skill requirements or certifications.
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2022 @ 11:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Onslow, Jones, and Duplin counties are coming together to help solve their workforce needs by creating a pipeline from high school to career. This region is helping to address the needs specific to their local employers by unifying high school skills training programs under one roof.
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2022 @ 10:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mysty Blagg’s twins, like most public school students in North Carolina, are falling behind.
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 @ 12:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review:
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2020 @ 11:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced an $825,000 grant to help high school students prepare for college and careers through Communities In Schools of North Carolina’s (CISNC) Jobs for North Carolina’s Graduates (JNCG) program.
Published: Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 @ 10:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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As famously said by former president Barak Obama, the best anti-poverty program is a job. In North Carolina, as of June 2019, there were 1.21 open jobs for every unemployed person on the job market.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 @ 1:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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To support healthy families and strengthen our economy, Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order No. 95, extending paid parental leave to state employees in cabinet agencies.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2019 @ 4:50 pm
By: Governor's Office
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My Spin by Tom Campbell
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 3:06 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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President Donald J. Trump is supporting a strong cybersecurity workforce to defend our country and promote quality job opportunities.
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2019 @ 6:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"Together, we're going to do everything in our power to make sure that more products are stamped with those wonderful words: 'Made in the USA.'"
Published: Friday, February 1st, 2019 @ 11:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hardly a week goes by without hearing news that North Carolina or some North Carolina city or town is achieving a high ranking on a business or quality of life survey
Published: Saturday, November 24th, 2018 @ 12:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N.C. Community College System, following the abrupt departure of fledgling former President James C. "Jimmie" Williamson, is under new leadership that could better partnerships between community colleges and the University of North Carolina System.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2018 @ 2:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This was the first interagency meeting of the National Council for the American Worker. It was incredibly productive.
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 @ 1:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Every day, we are lifting our forgotten Americans off the sidelines, out of the margins, and back into the workforce.
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 12:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We want to make sure that we have the workforce development programs we need to ensure these jobs are being filled by American workers
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 11:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"You ain't from around here, are you?" This question may not be grammatically correct but it is an increasingly accurate observation about our state. According to the Carolina Population Center
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 1:09 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The "help wanted" sign is popping up all over North Carolina, and while it is a good sign of a healthy economy, it also portends some larger problems
Published: Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 @ 2:51 am
By: Tom Campbell
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President Donald J. Trump listens to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, during a dinner with legislative leadership following meetings, Friday, January 5, 2018, at Camp David's Laurel Lodge, near Thurmont, Md.
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 3:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the 1990s, the international company’s North Carolina operation was running short of workers. Machinists. Technicians. Most of all, the company needed young employees who could expand the business and its bottom line
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2017 @ 7:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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