by Thomas Mills | May 13, 2015 | Economy, Editor's Blog |
So Pat McCrory and the GOP legislature are celebrating paying off the unemployment insurance debt early. To hear them tell it, the state had been spending so recklessly on unemployment benefits for people who wouldn’t get off the couch and go look for a job that North...
by Erica Smith-Ingram | Apr 29, 2015 | Ads, Economy
After graduating from NC Agricultural & Technical State University, I was fortunate to be employed by Boeing working in Seattle, Washington as a Research & Design Engineer for the Defense and Space division. My experience with a major Fortune 500 corporation...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 23, 2015 | Economic Development, Economy, Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Volvo took a pass on North Carolina. John Wynne’s smart analysis gets to the heart of the matter. Companies want certainty and the in-fighting between Pat McCrory, the Senate and the House leaves them wary of locating here. And, as John notes, McCrory needs a big...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 17, 2015 | Economic Development, Economy, Editor's Blog |
Republicans were caught off guard by the response to the so-called religious freedom bills in Indiana and Arkansas. Businesses, large corporations in particular, rebuked leaders for supporting the thinly-veiled anti-LGBT legislation. In both states, the governors had...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 14, 2015 | Economy, Editor's Blog, Politics |
Rob Christensen’s column on Sunday noted that the American Legislative Exchange Council, better known as ALEC, says that North Carolina is now the fourth most competitive state according to its criteria. We follow Utah, North Dakota and Indiana. Have you been to those...
by John Wynne | Mar 18, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Economy, Features, NC Politics, NCGov |
Good news for Governor McCrory: the state’s falling unemployment rate. The Department of Commerce revealed yesterday that the unemployment rate in North Carolina is holding steady at 5.4%, below the national average. When McCrory was elected in November 2012,...
