In matters of race and other social phenomena, there is a tendency to believe that what is seen today has always been. For black people, the socioeconomic progress achieved during my lifetime, which started in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The number of laid-off Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a still-elevated 881,000 last week, evidence that the viral pandemic keeps forcing many businesses to slash jobs. The latest figures, released […]
RALEIGH – North Carolina’s seasonally-adjusted July unemployment rate was 8.5%, increasing 1 percentage point from June’s revised rate. The national rate decreased by just under 1 point to 10.2%, according to the N.C. Department of […]
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper said on Wednesday that he’s preparing to accept for the state extended unemployment benefits that President Donald Trump directed in an executive order, part of the continuing response to the […]
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — President Donald Trump bypassed the nation’s lawmakers to defer payroll taxes and replace an expired unemployment benefit with a lower amount after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A deadlocked Senate on Thursday exited Washington for the weekend without acting to extend a $600 per-week expanded jobless benefit. Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell made a procedural move to make it […]
RALEIGH — As many as 1 million families in North Carolina have fallen behind on their electric, water and sewage bills, threatening residents and their cities with severe financial hardship unless federal lawmakers act to […]
RALEIGH — The 2020 lockdowns to contain the coronavirus pandemic sent shockwaves through both the national and local economies. The nation saw record declines in employment as well as the retail and hospitality sectors. It […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s jobless rate declined dramatically in June, the state announced on Friday. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment fell from 12.8% in May to 7.6% for June, as the number of people on […]
RALEIGH — According to the April unemployment figures released by the N.C. Department of Commerce, unemployment rose in all 100 counties with 77 seeing unemployment rates over 10%. In March, only one county had a […]
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