State Budget Leaves Rural Areas and Communities of Color Behind
As North Carolina continues to recover from the Great Recession, the modest improvement the state has experienced has not been equally distributed across …
As North Carolina continues to recover from the Great Recession, the modest improvement the state has experienced has not been equally distributed across …
January 9, 2014 North Carolina has long benefited from the immeasurable economic contributions of its immigrant population. Coming from all over the world, …
North Carolina needs more jobs. And we need more, good jobs. Job creation is lagging and for every three unemployed jobseekers, there is …
September 2014 Since the state began recovering from the recession in 2009, North Carolina has primarily added low-wage jobs that make it hard …
September 2014 On two days this week, the Census Bureau will release new 2013 data on poverty and income: On Sept. 16th, the …
June 2014 The financial security of seniors is vital to local communities across North Carolina and the state’s overall economy. Nearly 20 percent …
State investments in education, health care, infrastructure and other priorities are essential for economic opportunity and quality of life. Yet, North Carolina’s 2015 …
Ensuring that more students participate in breakfast and lunch programs is one way to help promote a quality education for all North Carolina students.
A suite of severe changes to the state constitution laid out in Senate Bill 607 would undermine the foundations of the North Carolina …
September 2015 House Bill 318, Protect North Carolina Workers Act, would permanently bar North Carolina’s ability to suspend SNAP’s three month time limit …