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The former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee will not remain unemployed for long following her resignation, as Ronna McDaniel has been hired at the Democratic National Committee due to her extensive experience in defeating Republicans.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2024 @ 2:32 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Despite the fact that Halloween ended last night, unemployed political activist Colin Kaepernick was still seen this morning pretending to be a football player.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 11:44 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Controversial former U.S. women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe was not unemployed for long, as the Galactic Empire reportedly recruited the recently retired athlete to train its stormtroopers to shoot.
Published: Friday, October 6th, 2023 @ 10:38 am
By: Babylon Bee
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The historic leader in primetime cable ratings Fox News was dominated last night by an unemployed man filming a selfie video in his partially-finished basement.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 10:06 am
By: Babylon Bee
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The number of job openings in the United States decreased to 10.8 million as of January, according to data released on Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, even as the number of available positions continues to drastically exceed the number of unemployed workers.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 1:44 am
By: Daily Wire
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U.S.—Chris Wallace’s name started trending along with search terms "unemployed" and "learn to code" when CNN+ shut down this week, but Wallace has voiced a more troubling concern than potential joblessness: his recently-acquired CNN+ tattoo on his lower back.
Published: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022 @ 9:24 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Unemployed people who get a job would receive a one-time bonus of $1,500 under legislation spearheaded by Republicans in the N.C. General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 @ 7:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The latest estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show about 251,000 North Carolinians unemployed as of April, down about 58,000 since the beginning of 2021.
Published: Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 @ 8:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An executive order issued by Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday, May 21, requires recipients of unemployment benefits to prove they are searching for work to continue receiving benefits.
Published: Sunday, May 30th, 2021 @ 9:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the NC House voted 112-1 to pass House Bill 334 — Temporarily Align PPP Treatment to Federal Treatment
Published: Monday, April 26th, 2021 @ 8:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Exec. Order No. 200 Establishes Flexible Work Search Requirements to Help Bridge Employment Gap
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 12:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Cooper Administration Demands Unemployment Benefits Back Right Before Christmas
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 12:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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This week, Nike launched an ad campaign designed to garner maximum attention: it used unemployed former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick as the face of its 30th anniversary #JustDoIt campaign.
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 12:44 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Is unemployment ever voluntary? I don't ask the question in order to blame unemployed people for their fate. On the contrary, understanding the full range of causes of unemployment is required before policymakers can effectively combat it.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 2:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last Friday, some 44,000 discouraged North Carolina workers suddenly disappeared... Relax. It's not as mysterious and tragic as it sounds. What happened was that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its long-awaited revision of five years of household-employment data for North Carolina...
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 2:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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“It’s about time Kay Hagan finally admitted she could have helped North Carolina’s long-term unemployed, but the fact is she’s a year late and $600 million worth of benefits short.
Published: Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 @ 2:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to liberal critics of Gov. Pat McCrory and the leadership of the General Assembly, the state should be losing its attraction as a place to do business. Our economy should be suffering from inadequate demand, thanks to state budget cuts. The passage of the marriage amendment and abortion...
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most North Carolinians are painfully aware of how grim the ongoing recession has been for our state. However, few know about our oppressive Third World debt owed to the federal government for money borrowed to pay benefits to unemployed workers.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 11:55 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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This is the final week 70,000 jobless workers in North Carolina will receive a federal emergency unemployment compensation check. But Dale Folwell, the state official in charge of jobless benefits, says reports claiming that as many as 170,000 unemployed state residents might lose federal...
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 @ 10:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hardly a day goes by without the publication of articles on the plight of recent college graduates. Large numbers are either unemployed or employed in jobs that don't call for any academic preparation. Many are struggling with the burden of their college loans.
Published: Friday, June 21st, 2013 @ 1:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A federal program created under the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program, aka TARP, has allowed more than 11,000 North Carolina homeowners who fell...
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 @ 10:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Titled "Protect and Support the Unemployed" and sponsored by Representatives Deborah Ross (D-Wake), Susi Hamilton (D-New Hanover/Brunswick), Pricey Harrison (D- Guilford) and Edward Hanes (D- Forsyth), HB 737 is not all its lofty title suggests that it is.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 6:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It's about time for New Year's resolutions. My recommendation for North Carolina politicians of all stripes is to resolve to focus their attention, rhetoric, and legislation on reducing the ranks of the unemployed.
Published: Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 @ 7:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For many of the unemployed, prosperous times are a cloudy memory. More than 46 million Americans now feed their families with the aid of government food stamps. Look around you right now.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 11:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I was surprised after I graduated from college that employers were not lining up outside my door fighting over me. That was the picture that my private, liberal-arts college depicted while I was completing my degree.
Published: Friday, April 27th, 2012 @ 3:05 pm
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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