Money & Jobs
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A new child tax credit could pass this month. Here’s what it would do for low-income families.
During the pandemic, Democrats changed the child tax credit and cut childhood poverty in half. Now there’s new hope for making those changes permanent, but there are skeptics.
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Op-ed: How a federally-funded apprenticeship changed my life
I know what it’s like to feel like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel—and I also know what it’s like when a glimmer of hope appears. My family and I moved to North Carolina from California in the early 2000s. I went to school in Asheboro, and in 2016, I moved to…
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Rural NC communities get new state funding that will create 321 jobs
These grants will go towards creating jobs in six counties across the state of North Carolina: Chatham County, Pitt County, Wayne County, Halifax County, Stanly County, and Nash County.
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Biden’s Signature Climate Law Will Create a Domestic Jobs and Manufacturing Boom, Study Finds
A new report finds that the Inflation Reduction Act will dramatically lower the cost of solar and wind energy projects, create millions of new jobs, and more.
