North Carolina’s unemployment rate neared 13% in May, a state agency said Friday, matching last month’s adjusted figure that had soared due to massive layoffs and furloughs from the COVID-19 economic shutdown. The new rate of...
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America’s workers likely suffered another devastating blow in May, with millions more jobs lost to...
Read MoreAn estimated 2.1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country, bringing the running total since the coronavirus shutdowns took hold in mid-March to...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper replaced the head of the state unemployment benefits office on Wednesday with a former legislator as the agency struggles to address an unprecedented onslaught of pandemic-related job loss claims....
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s unemployment rate ballooned to just over 12% in April as the state dealt with a coronavirus-related economic slowdown, state officials said Friday. The rate represents a nearly 8 point increase from the rate in...
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Nearly 3 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as the viral...
Read MoreU.S. businesses cut an unprecedented 20.2 million jobs in April, an epic collapse as the coronavirus outbreak closed of offices, factories, schools, construction sites and stores that propel the U.S. economy. The Wednesday...
Read MoreWhen all this started — when the coronavirus began stalking humanity like an animal hunting prey, when she and her husband lost their restaurant jobs overnight as the world shut down to hide, when she feared not being able to...
Read MoreMore than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s. Roughly 30.3 million people have now filed...
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The North Carolina General Assembly began its annual session Tuesday by turning immediately to...
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