North Carolina sets record for new business creation
North Carolina set another record for new business creation in 2021.
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NCDHHS Employee receives 2022 John R. Larkins Award
Debra Farrington, chief of staff for NC Medicaid, was honored today as the recipient of the 2022 John R. Larkins Award.
Governor Cooper tours a vaccine and testing site in Kinston, encourages North Carolinians to get their lifesaving shots
Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Kody Kinsley visited and toured a COVID-19 vaccine and testing site hosted by Kinston Teens, a youth-led nonprofit organization, and the City of Kinston.
Competing motions in redistricting case target Earls, Berger Jr.
As critics of North Carolina's new election maps take their case to the state Supreme Court, lawyers on both sides of the case are taking aim at justices they want to drop out of the case.
Unanimous three-judge panel upholds N.C. election maps, appeal likely
A unanimous three-judge panel has upheld North Carolina's new congressional and legislative election maps. The panel of two Republican Superior Court judges and one Democratic colleague rejected critics' arguments that mapmakers engaged in unconstitutional partisan and racial gerrymandering.
2021: Recording breaking year for jobs and investment in NC
Governor Roy Cooper announced 24,224 new jobs in North Carolina last year, representing 185 business recruitment, expansion or rural development projects that engaged with the North Carolina Department of Commerce or its team at the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. in 2021. These projects will bring $10.1 billion of capital investment into the state, marking new all-time highs for economic development performance.
OPINION: Critics rely on legal tricks to attack Opportunity Scholarships
Opponents of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarships are playing legal games in order to get a second shot at destroying the scholarship program.
Justices Barringer, Berger confirm they will hear N.C. constitutional amendments case
N.C. Supreme Court Justices Tamara Barringer and Phil Berger Jr. confirmed late Friday afternoon that they will take part in a high-profile case involving two challenged amendments to the N.C. Constitution.
Governor Cooper signs executive order detailing next steps to a clean energy and equitable economy North Carolina
Governor Roy Cooper today issued Executive Order No. 246 affirming North Carolina’s commitment to a clean energy economy and directing next steps in the state’s plan to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and create economic opportunities for North Carolinians across the state, especially in underserved communities.
N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources celebrates 50th anniversary in 2022
In 2022, the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources will celebrate 50 years as a state cabinet-level agency with regional celebrations and online content planned throughout the year.
N.C.’s Apple deal named worst of 2021
The $846 million subsidy deal that North Carolina struck with Apple just topped the “year’s worst” list of a nonpartisan economic think tank. The Center for Economic Accountability selected the 39-year agreement to put Apple’s campus in Research Triangle Park as the “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year,” saying that its annual $21 million cost to the state led the list of reasons.
North Carolina’s November county and area employment figures released
The number of workers employed statewide (not seasonally adjusted) increased in November by 12,364 to 4,896,622, while those unemployed decreased by 15,601 to 170,606.