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Jun 16, 2022 Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved 16 grant requests to local governments totaling $3,938,829, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The requests include commitments to create a total of 472 jobs, 137 of which were previously announced.…Read More »
18,595 New Jobs Announced Compared to 11,618 from the same time last year. In 2021, 24,224 jobs were announced, a new record. $8.1Billion New Investment Announced From economic development projects in North Carolina in 2022. Compared to $4.8 billion the same time last…Read More »
Raleigh Jun 1, 2022 Families participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) can now purchase more sizes and types of Gerber formula thanks to efforts by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to…Read More »
SPINDALE (June 2, 2022) — Thirteen new truck drivers will hit the road after graduating with commercial certifications and licenses at Isothermal Community College recently. The graduates are Jacob Cleveland, Mario Bell, Catina Brown, Shemar Petty, Richard Felder, Seth Bradley, Jeffery King, Scottie Jackson, Kazuto Byars, Hiromichi Byars, Elizabeth Brown, James Harrington, and Avery…Read More »
Hans Kissle to add 219 new jobs in Gaston County Raleigh May 24, 2022 Hans Kissle Company, a fresh foods manufacturer, will create 219 new jobs in Gaston County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest more than $42.2 million…Read More »
By Dulce Torres Guzman – 5/26/2022 Dollar General workers and advocates protesting poor working conditions and wages marched to the corporation’s stakeholders meeting in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, only to be met with a locked door. On Wednesday, labor advocacy groups, community leaders and Dollar…Read More »
School will close for good June 30. By Greg Childress May 5, 2022 As was expected, the State Board of Education on Thursday unanimously agreed to terminate Torchlight Academy’s charter due to ongoing concerns about the school’s finances and governance. The board’s decision…Read More »
By Greg Childress NC POLICY WATCH – 5/2/2022 – in Education, News, Top Story Print This Article Facebook27 Twitter Email After 25 years, NC charter schools continue to provoke controversy – Image: AdobeStock Save for school vouchers and the state’s long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit, few issues spark debate…Read More »
Six employers in the region served by Cleveland Community College have forecasted the need for at least 160 new heavy equipment operator job openings over the next five years. Heavy equipment operators are certified to drive or control construction equipment necessary to…Read More »
The author says childcare investments are a good tool for combating inflation. Photo: Flickr user familymwr, (CC BY 2.0) An economist explains why investments in childcare and eldercare could aid the U.S. economy This piece first appeared on the Economic Policy Institute’s Working Economics…Read More »