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    Commerce Issues 2025 Economic Development Tier Rankings

    The North Carolina Department of Commerce has announced the county tier designations for 2025.  The designations, which are mandated by state law, play a...

    Free Enterprise Foundation Releases 2023-24 Legislative Business Ratings

    The North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation (NCFREE) released its annual Legislative Business Ratings (LBR) last week. The group provides non-partisan analysis of the political...

    65% of the Top 20 Community Colleges are in NC

    By Jaclyn DeJohn, CFP® for SmartAsset Associate degrees offer students flexibility to achieve different educational and vocational goals. They usually take half the time of a...

    Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smokies, Saw Record Economic Impact in 2023

    By Will Hofmann for the Asheville Citizen Times The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway continue to be two of the...

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    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...

    State Lawmakers Propose Their Own DOGEs To Rein In Government Spending

    By Patrick Gleason for Forbes Most national media outlets have...