Economics

The Senate Monday night approved a ban on Internet sweepstakes cafes in North Carolina. It does not prohibit sweepstakes used for products sold in stores. The measure passed ... Keep Reading

The Senate took a bill that came over from the House, gutted it and substituted language that would ban video poker and Internet sweepstakes cafes. House bill 80 was approved by ... Keep Reading

What will the final budget conference report contain or cut? ... Keep Reading

In virtually every news report about the economy, we hear reports on consumer spending - whether it be up or down. Consumer spending constitutes 70 percent of the economy, we are ... Keep Reading

This morning WRAL.com ran an article by an AP Economics writer Chris Rugaber, on September's jobless rate: 9.8 percent. After pointing out 7.2 million jobs have been eliminated ... Keep Reading

Looks like the next in the line of government economic engineering and payoff for labor unions will come in the form of a "Cash for Appliances" program set to launch this ... Keep Reading

Just as predicted (and ridiculed) it seems North Carolina’s electricity providers will be unable to meet the first deadline set by the General Assembly in Senate Bill 3 mandating ... Keep Reading

The News & Observer pens an editorial today telling Triangle residents that now is the time for transit to get going and for all you folks out there in Wake, Durham and Orange ... Keep Reading

The nice folks here at Red Clay want you to know that we are looking out for you.  The fact that $787 billion of your money is being spent by 537 people who have probably ... Keep Reading

Here's another "dog bites man" story out of DC. More folks in DC think that even more government spending will lead us out the recession. White House economists are ... Keep Reading