As the North Carolina General Assembly went back into session on Wednesday, Governor Roy Cooper unveiled a proposed budget adjustment that would boost funding for the state’s education and childcare systems and raise wages for state workers.
The new rule bans new noncompete agreements for the vast majority of American workers and requires employers to let current and past employees know they won’t enforce them going forward. Companies will also be required to throw out existing noncompete agreements.
The funding comes as the impacts of climate change continue to be felt more frequently, with North Carolina at particular risk of hurricanes, floods, and other extreme weather events.
Child poverty soared after a pandemic-era child tax credit policy lapsed. Senate Republicans just blocked an attempt to revive it.
North Carolina has become a leader in the electric vehicle industry. With billions of dollars in investments from companies like Toyota and VinFast, the state is poised to see thousands of jobs created. In 2018, Governor Roy Cooper signed an executive order...
North Carolina homeowners and renters could be hit with higher insurance rates later this year, and in the state's coastal counties like Cartaret, New Hanover, and Brunswick, those rates could be astronomically higher. In January, the North Carolina Rate Bureau...
WATCH: Charlotte's Stacy Staggs says the government should work for its people! 💪🏻 We talked to Staggs about a new push to restore the pandemic-era child tax credit payments. The temporary reform proposed by President Biden cut childhood poverty in half during the...
The Biden administration has announced tens of millions of dollars in new funding to help women-and minority owned small-businesses in North Carolina get started and grow. The money, from the American Rescue Plan, will go to 10 venture capital funds in Durham...
What do YOU think about Biden’s plan to tax billionaires to fund affordable childcare, paid family leave, and better home care and elder care programs? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cardinal & Pine...
The American Rescue Plan turns three today. Here’s how President Biden’s first signature accomplishment not only invested billions of dollars into North Carolina’s economy, but also made a difference in the lives of millions of people. Three years ago, on March 11,...
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