As legislators return to Raleigh this week, a top priority must be expanding unemployment insurance.
Published: Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 @ 7:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell knows how to pinch pennies in both his state government role and in his personal life. He showed up at Carolina Journal for an interview with Associate Editor Dan Way, pleased to explain a sack brimming with hot dogs
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 3:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the 2016 general election unfolds in North Carolina, you should expect to hear a lot about how the state's economy has fared under Republican governance in Raleigh.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unemployment insurance (UI) reform in North Carolina continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. The 2013 UI reform, made possible by the Republican-dominated General Assembly and Governor Pat McCrory, will enable $240 million in tax savings for state employers in 2016 alone, thanks to a...
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 12:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III joined over 200 business and education leaders today at the 7th annual small business summit to celebrate North Carolina's economic successes.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 @ 3:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Pat McCrory on Thursday announced that the state's unemployment reserve fund has ballooned to $1 billion, meaning that businesses across North Carolina will see the surcharges on their state unemployment taxes drop in January, resulting in more than a half-billion dollars in tax relief
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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The push is on, both nationally and in several states, to raise the minimum wage from its current $7.25 an hour to $10.30 nationally and as high as $15 in specific cities and states. And let me say that I think it would be absolutely great if everyone who wanted a job could get one at a wage of $10
Published: Saturday, November 1st, 2014 @ 9:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The unemployment insurance debt owed to the federal government by North Carolina has dropped by nearly $2 billion under the reforms implemented by Governor Pat McCrory.
Published: Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 @ 6:19 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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This year's short session of the General Assembly may live up to its name. Lawmakers return to the capital today for the first time since the historic 2013 session in which they reformed the tax code, cut taxes, enacted broad changes to election laws, fought back against Medicaid expansion and...
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 12:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Contrary to recent media reports, North Carolina has taken out federal loans to operate its underfunded unemployment insurance system, and it is the state's obligation to see that $2.5 billion debt is repaid, said Dale Folwell, state assistant secretary of employment security.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 @ 2:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Gov. Pat McCrory Tuesday signed into law a bill that would rework the state's unemployment insurance system.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 @ 11:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the new General Assembly gets under way, there are lots of issues to be considered. Repaying the unemployment insurance debt owed to the federal government...
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 7:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An interim legislative committee Tuesday set the stage for a major battle over unemployment insurance benefits when the General Assembly gears up later this month.
Published: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 2:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm highly educated, very qualified. I don't need training. I need a job.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2012 @ 11:32 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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