Now that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) says shale drilling or "fracking" could be done safely in North Carolina lawmakers are going ahead with ... Keep Reading
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House Speaker Forms Task Force on Unemployment Fraud
State House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) announced he is appointing a House Task Force on Unemployment Fraud. He said there is enough evidence to indicate a widespread and ... Keep Reading
Rep. Faison’s expensive JOBS Plan
Just up on the main Civitas website is an analysis I did on Gubernatorial candidate Rep. Bill Faison's (D-Orange) JOBS plan. Here is a sample: Rep. Faison’s much publicized JOBS ... 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
Legislators Voice Concern Over Shale Gas Rules Study
A state Senate committee on energy issues began its own study of how to expand energy exploration in North Carolina. The General Assembly passed a bill to authorize a study of such ... Keep Reading
Corporate Welfare Lawyer Flip-Flops on Handouts – In the Same Article
A corporate welfare agent pens this article in the N&O discussing ways North Carolina could improve its business climate. He includes some sound advice in this paragraph: If ... Keep Reading
State Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly but Still at Double Digits
The state unemployment rate dropped in November from 10.4 percent to 10 percent according to the Division of Employment Security. That is still above the national unemployment ... Keep Reading
Perdue’s Office May Have Violated Federal Confidentiality Laws to Spin Unemployment Data
As detailed in this Carolina Journal article, Don Carrington reveals some highly questionable collaboration between Gov. Perdue's office and the Division of Employment Security ... Keep Reading
Legislative Committee to Subpoena Director of Employment Security Division
Frustrated members of the Joint Revenue Laws Study Committee unanimously voted to issue a subpoena to force the new head of the Division of Employment Security, Lynn Holmes, to ... Keep Reading
New Analysis Shows NC Losing Jobs Faster Than National Trend
Posted today at newgeography.com is an interesting state-by-state analysis of job growth (or loss) over the last four years. What sets this analysis apart is that it measures job ... Keep Reading
