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With North Carolina struggling with an 11.1% unemployment rate - 9th highest in the nation - the news that North Carolina was rated as having among the poorest tax climates for ... Keep Reading

Today's N&O features an article that focuses on North Carolina's poverty problem. The article was written by the director of the UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity and ... Keep Reading

The national unemployment rate is hovering at 10 percent, while in North Carolina, according to the latest report by the state’s Employment Security Commission (NCESC), statewide ... Keep Reading

In yesterday's Poverty Reduction Committee meeting, the sub-committees presented their policy recommendations for reducing poverty in North Carolina. The sub-committees were ... Keep Reading

The President is slated to visit Charlotte today to tour a facility that manufactures "green" battery parts and defend his wealth-destroying "stimulus" bill. Regarding the ... Keep Reading

Last week, I blogged about Gov. Perdue's trip to Hollywood in order to bribe millionaire movie moguls with North Carolina's enhanced film tax credits. In that post, I mentioned a ... Keep Reading

The radical left's favorite partisan hackonomist, Paul Krugman of the NY Times, had some rather "bizarre" comments about unemployment benefits, as called out in the Wall Street ... Keep Reading

Bill Lumaye had me on 680 WPTF yesterday afternoon to discuss "The 10 Worst Federal Stimulus Projects in North Carolina." To listen to the segment, clicke here. ... Keep Reading