Stories tagged: "economy"

Guides King's Pepper Owner Gail Jennings created an award-winning dry spice blend, made from a centuries-old West African recipe. (Image from King's Pepper)
Guides Sweets, Spices, and a More Inclusive Wine Community: Here Are 8 Women-Owned Businesses to Shop in Durham

We talked to some of our favorite women-owned businesses about what's inspiring them, what they're listening to, and where they're shopping.

Vanessa Infanzon Vanessa Infanzon September 16, 2022 2:39 pm EDT
Climate Change The co-owner of Trophy Brewing Company, a popular brewery and restaurant in Raleigh, on how the Inflation Reduction Act will help his business be more environmentally friendly. (Image via Trophy Brewing's Facebook page)
Climate Change Our North Carolina Restaurant Wants to Do More to Fight Climate Change. The Inflation Reduction Act Will Help.

A Raleigh brewery and restaurant owner on President Biden and Democrats' big climate change bill, which includes billions of dollars in incentives for businesses to invest in clean energy.

David Meeker David Meeker August 31, 2022 5:38 pm EDT
Education President Joe Biden at NC A&T University in April. On Wednesday, Biden announced that he would deliver on a campaign promise, canceling student debt for many Americans. The move could have significant impacts in N.C., which has the seventh-highest average debt in the nation, according to Lending Tree. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Education Biden Cancels Student Debt For Tens of Millions of Americans, Delivering on a Campaign Promise. Here’s What’s In His Order. 

North Carolina has the seventh-highest average debt in the nation. So the move might have a significant impact here.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil August 24, 2022 2:44 pm EDT
Climate President Joe Biden hands the pen he used to sign the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., watches in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Climate 5 Ways Democrats Have Helped North Carolina Under Biden’s Leadership

The Biden administration and Democrats in Congress have passed an array of bills aiming to improve the U.S. economy and infrastructure, invest in physical and mental health, and combat climate change.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil August 18, 2022 10:49 am EDT
Climate President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One with his son Hunter Biden at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. The president and his allies enjoyed one of their most positive weeks of his term so far, including the passage of a major climate change and healthcare bill called the Inflation Reduction Act. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Climate Here’s How the Inflation Reduction Act Helps North Carolina Families

The Democratic-led government has passed a once-in-a-generation bill to lower healthcare costs, fight climate change, and increase taxes on big corporations.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil August 11, 2022 1:29 pm EDT

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The late U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, in a 2005 file photo. (Photo by Andrew Councill/MCT/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Commentary North Carolina Republicans Are Overdue for a Reckoning on Jesse Helms
Voters in Wake Forest wait in long lines to cast their ballots on the first day of early voting. (Shutterstock) Elections North Carolina, Here’s a Quick Reminder of What’s at Stake on Election Day
Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents in Salt Lake City on Dec. 16, 2021. The wave of attempted book banning and restrictions continues to intensify, the American Library Association reported. Numbers for 2022 already approach last year's totals, which were the highest in decades. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) Commentary Why Banning Books Is A Jim Crow Practice
Robinson, who was elected in May, called on Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein, to provide additional resources for local police, to visit Enfield, and to denounce the racist intimidation. To refuse, Robinson said, would make them complicit in the threats. (Photos by Michael McElroy/Cardinal & Pine.) Race A New Black Mayor in Eastern NC Removed a Confederate Monument. Then Came the Racist Threats.
Economy A new analysis shows that even in the state's poorest of counties, wages aren't keeping up with the cost of living. (Shutterstock)
Economy Here’s How Much a Single NC Parent with One Kid Needs to Earn to Barely Make Ends Meet

Even in the state's most rural counties, there's a big difference between what people are earning and what they need to survive.

Michael McElroy Michael McElroy June 6, 2022 1:47 pm EDT
Economy Record levels of inflation have Americans scrambling to make ends meet while corporate profits soar.
Economy Grocery Store Prices Are Up, But So Are Corporate Profits

North Carolinians are wringing their hands over the still-increasing costs of living while businesses, as a whole, are raking it in. 

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska April 14, 2022 3:47 pm EDT