Last week the North Carolina Department of Commerce released October unemployment figures. The national seasonally adjusted rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent. Meanwhile, North ... Keep Reading
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NC Job Growth Beating National Average Since 2013 Tax Reform
Progressive critics of North Carolina’s historic 2013 tax reforms are quick to seize on topline unemployment rate figures in an attempt to discredit the rate cuts. But a closer ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: More Government Meddling in the Workplace
In a free society, employers and employees voluntarily agree to the terms of their relationship. Unfortunately, government has for generations forcibly inserted itself into that ... Keep Reading
New Research: Medicaid Expansion Would Cost NC Nearly 94,000 Jobs
One of the reasons used by advocates of Medicaid expansion in NC is that expansion will be an economic boost, creating tens of thousands of jobs. That claim, however, was based on ... Keep Reading
Victory for Economic Freedom in Utah
A Federal Court in Utah struck down a Utah law requiring those engaged in the art of African hair braiding to earn a cosmetology license. The Institute of Justice, a libertarian ... Keep Reading
Would Employment Go Up if NC Adopted Alabama’s Immigration Enforcement Law?
Immigrationreform.com has a post about the dramatic drop in the unemployment rate in Alabama since they adopted HB 56, immigration reform legislation, in late August. Ever since ... Keep Reading
