by Thomas Mills | Mar 30, 2014 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP |
The rest of the nation is in a slow but steady recovery with a steady rise in employment. Not here in North Carolina, though. According to the Wall Street Journal, that bastion of liberalism, workforce has declined by 64,000 people since last February and we lost...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 30, 2014 | Economy, Editor's Blog, Immigration |
Yesterday, I wrote a piece that said the Tea Party would likely have a fit about a gay, undocumented Latino running for Student Body President of the state’s largest public university. A number of Tea Partiers, bloggers and commentators jumped on the article and...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 8, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Economy, Editor's Blog, US Senate
The fight over extending unemployment benefits is a good one for Kay Hagan. While special interests groups are pounding her over Obamacare, she’s able to make the case that she’s the candidate who cares about Americans who still need help recovering from the Great...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 7, 2014 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NC Politics
So, Pew Charitable Trust says North Carolina will be the eleventh best state in the country for job growth in 2014. According to a list sourced as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we were 25th in 2013. So that’s a nice jump. However, Kipplinger predicted that we would...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 23, 2013 | 2014 Elections, Economy, Editor's Blog |
Recent employment data has Republicans crowing and Democrats griping. The GOP says that the dramatic drop in the unemployment rate justifies Republican economic policies. Democrats claim that much of the decline is due to people leaving the workforce. The lower...
by Alexander H. Jones | Dec 17, 2013 | Economic Development, Economy |
The year was 1993. Econ-dev mouths watered over a Mercedes factory. With North and South Carolina nipping at its heels, Alabama went to comical lengths to get the deal. The state offered incentives worth more than the plant itself, and even got the University of...
