Submitted by Staff Reports on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 8:11pm
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NC Gov. Perdue's proposal would increase the state's sales tax on prepared food as well as dozens of common store-bought items.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- While estimates vary from $750 million to $863 million, there's no disagreement that the tax increase proposed today by Governor Beverly Perdue would generate substantial new revenue for North Carolina -- funds Perdue, a Democrat, says are needed to hire teachers and teaching assistants and to reduce class sizes.
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Submitted by Staff Reports on Sat, 01/14/2012 - 8:51am
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Visitation at North Carolina’s state parks and state recreation areas continued at a record level in 2011, with 14.25 million visits, matching the all-time record set in 2009 and posting a slight increase from 14.19 visits in 2010, according to the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation.
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Submitted by Staff Reports on Mon, 12/26/2011 - 7:35am
RALEIGH, N.C. — November marked the fifth straight month of double-digit unemployment in North Carolina as the number of people unable to find a job, though down slightly from a month ago, remained stubbornly high.
The state's overall rate decreased in November as the unemployment rate crept downward to 10 percent, from 10.4 percent one month ago. That's still two-tenths of a percent higher than the rate was in November of 2010, as 451,413 North Carolinians remain unemployed.
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Submitted by Staff Reports on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 6:39pm
RALEIGH, NC — The number of people employed in North Carolina was virtually unchanged from a month ago. The rate decreased slightly in October as unemployment dropped from September's 12-month high-water mark of 10.5 percent to October's 10.4 percent.
North Carolina's unemployment rate remains far above the national average, which is still a staggering 9.0 percent.
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Submitted by Staff Reports on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 8:43am
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In connection with the fifth anniversary of its national Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) this week unveiled its report rating each state on progress toward eliminating drunk driving.›Read More
Submitted by Staff Reports on Fri, 10/14/2011 - 10:51am
RALEIGH, N.C. – Most North Carolina voters, 85 percent, think state House and Senate leaders should be limited in the number of terms they serve.
All legislators currently serve two-year terms. Fifty-one percent of voters think legislators should be limited to serving four years or less in a leadership position. Seventy-one percent said they should be limited to six years or less.
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Submitted by Staff Reports on Sat, 01/14/2012 - 8:39am
PITTSBORO - Pittsboro Area Health Initiative tuition scholarships are now available for Chatham County residents registering for spring 2012 Central Carolina Community College continuing education medical classes given in Chatham County.›Read More
Submitted by Staff Reports on Sun, 12/11/2011 - 8:41am
PEORIA, Ill. – Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) recently celebrated the grand opening of its Winston-Salem, North Carolina, facility that will produce axle assemblies for the largest Cat mining trucks.
Operations at the 850,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility include machining, assembly, test and painting of axles to support Caterpillar’s increased capacity for expanding global mining operations.
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Submitted by Staff Reports on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 3:31pm
RALEIGH, NC -- The NC State Highway Patrol will be targeting speeders and aggressive drivers on North Carolina interstates and major four lane highways through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the agency announced this week. Last year 9 motorists were killed and 402 were injured on North Carolina highways during the holiday period.
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Submitted by Staff Reports on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 12:01pm
RALEIGH, N.C. - Next week, television and radio stations across the state will participate in the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The national test will take place Wednesday, November 9 at 2 p.m. eastern standard time and may last up to three and half minutes.
During this period, regularly scheduled television, radio, cable and satellite shows will be interrupted as the system is being tested.
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Submitted by Staff Reports on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 5:47pm
RALEIGH, N.C. – Attitudes among North Carolina voters remain bleak concerning the economy as most say it will take at least two years or more for the recession to end.
Eighty-six percent of voters think recovery is more than one year away while 62 percent said they think it will take over two years for the economy to improve and the current recession to end. Twenty-four percent said they think it will take between one and two years, while just one percent said the recession has ended.
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