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    North Carolina’s December Employment Figures Released

    The state’s seasonally adjusted December 2024 unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, unchanged from November’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage...

    Pratt & Whitney Will Expand Asheville Plant in $285 Million Project, Adding 325 Jobs

    From the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business (NYSE: RTX), will expand its turbine airfoil manufacturing plant in Buncombe County,...

    NC Will Raise Flags to Full-Staff on Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day

    By Todd Runkle for the Asheville Citizen-Times as appearing in the Hendersonville Times-News North Carolina has joined some other states that will raise flags to...

    Small Business Optimism Surges, Reaches Six-Year High Following November’s Election Results

    From the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Research Foundation The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index rose by 3.4 points in December to 105.1, the...

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    NC Universities are Still Discriminating by Race

    By Adam Kissel for The James G. Martin Center...

    Lawmakers Push to Ban China from Buying up Land in North Carolina

    By Brianna Kraemer for The Carolina Journal Republicans in the...

    NC Tech Jobs Poised to Climb 10.5% in Next Five Years, Eighth Highest Growth Rate in the US

    By Chris Burritt for BusinessNC The latest annual report by the Raleigh-based...

    NC Auditor Launches Floor-to-Ceiling Review of DMV, Honoring Campaign Pledge

    By Jack Hagel for WRAL News North Carolina’s top government watchdog...