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NC median household income at end of decade still hasn’t reached 2000 levels

A Decade in Review
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Prosperity Watch

Decade in Review: N.C.’s median household income at the end of this decade still hasn’t reached year 2000 levels, despite recent growth.

Prosperity Watch

North Carolina one of top 10 food-insecure states

Prosperity Watch

Neighborhoods all over N.C. continue down path to gentrification

BTC Brief

The Risks of Gentrification in North Carolina: A Cautionary Note on Opportunity Zones and Policies that Accelerate Growth without Community Benefit

Prosperity Watch

Paying for energy costs harder for families living in poverty

BTC Report

State EITC could improve the health of North Carolinians

Prosperity Watch

77 N.C. counties have jobless rates that are the same or higher than last year

Prosperity Watch

Top 20% took home 51% of all income in 2018 in N.C.

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Education & Law Project

STATEMENT: Court-ordered Leandro report charts bold, long-awaited course for NC to fulfill obligation to provide constitutionally-adequate education to all children who attend public schools

Budget & Tax Center

REPORTER MEMO: The State of North Carolina at the End of a Decade

Budget & Tax Center

“Public Charge” Chill Continues Regardless of Injunction

Budget & Tax Center

Worrying economic trends for N.C. persist in October labor market numbers

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Celebrating 15 Years of NC Policy Watch

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