North Carolina's economy has experienced ten consecutive quarters of per capita income growth equal to or greater than the national average, the best stretch in 20 years Even ... Keep Reading
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NC’s Unemployment Insurance Reforms Paying Off Big In 2016
This article originally appeared in Forbes.com Unemployment insurance (UI) reform in North Carolina continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. The 2013 UI reform, made ... Keep Reading
$600 Million Tax Cut Coming to NC Job Providers in 2016
From WUNC State officials are celebrating a $1 billion surplus in the North Carolina unemployment trust fund. The Wednesday announcement represents a significant swing from just ... Keep Reading
Top Read Civitas Articles
Here is what visitors to www.nccivitas.org were reading in October; the top three most read new articles last month were: A Spy, Drug Dealers, Cronies, Hemp and the NCGA Who does ... Keep Reading
North Carolina’s Unknown Tax Cut Bonanza
In 2013, North Carolina’s unemployment insurance (UI) program was in terrible shape. Like most states, North Carolina borrowed funds from the federal government to cover increased ... Keep Reading
N&O Slays Straw Man to Avoid Actual Arguments
Rob Christensen in this article takes the typical progressive debate tactic of completely mischaracterizing an opposing viewpoint, and then addressing that conjured up caricature ... Keep Reading
We’re Debt Free!
At least of unemployment insurance debt owed the federal government. In a press release sent out just moments ago, Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary of Employment ... Keep Reading
NC Expecting to Pay off UI Debt Early, Saving Millions
North Carolina's massive debt to the federal government for funds borrowed to cover unemployment insurance is on pace to be paid off by the end of 2015, according to Division of ... Keep Reading
N&O Article Tortures Data to Turn Logic on its Head
In a desperate attempt to turn logic on its head and deny that incentives matter to human behavior, the authors of this N&O article resort to twisting employment data to ... Keep Reading
To create jobs, promote access to opportunity via human networks
By U.S. Sen. Mike Lee Like most Americans, I support the ability of individuals to collect unemployment insurance for a limited amount of time. But in order to start solving the ... Keep Reading
