by Seth Effron | Oct 10, 2014 | Budget |
On Thursday, Gov. Pat McCrory’s press office sent out a copy of a Forbes Magazine article to brag about McCrory’s rating in the libertarian Cato Institute’s “Fiscal Report Card” (McCrory and Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback got ‘A’s). Well, now things aren’t looking so good...
by Seth Effron | Oct 8, 2014 | Economic Development, Economy, NCGov |
Last Friday Gov. Pat McCrory frantically zipped around the state celebrating his proclamation of “Manufacturing Day” in North Carolina. The governor and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker seemed giddy in announcing that as many as 700 jobs would be coming to North...
by Seth Effron | Sep 20, 2014 | Economy, NCGA, NCGov |
North Carolina’s unemployment rate is now higher than it was in January. The rate, 6.8 percent for August, has gone up each month since May. There were 29,000 fewer people on the job in August than in July. The rate would be even worse if there weren’t so many people...
by Seth Effron | Sep 10, 2014 | Budget |
Seth Effron, founder of the subscription news service The Insider, is a reporter who has followed North Carolina government and politics for three decades. He also served as Special Project Director at the prestigious Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard...
