by WSIC News | Sep 29, 2022 | WSIC State News
Attorney General Josh Stein announced yesterday that the price gouging law is in effect after a statewide state of emergency was put into place in anticipation of Hurricane Ian reaching North Carolina. PHOTO credit: Pixabay
by WSIC News | Sep 28, 2022 | WSIC State News
The Carolina Journal is reporting that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was in the Triangle yesterday singing the praises of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act which promises to reduce consumer energy costs and cut greenhouse emissions, but with a price tag of $80 billion...
by WSIC News | Sep 28, 2022 | WSIC State News
The Haywood County Tourism Development Authority has made a decision to cancel the Smoky Mountain Elk Fest this weekend due to the forecasted weather from Hurricane Ian, saying in a press release that the safety of event visitors is their top priority. The Haywood...
by WSIC News | Sep 28, 2022 | WSIC State News
Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 98 of North Carolina’s counties in August and remained unchanged in two. Edgecombe County had the highest unemployment rate at 7.9 percent while Buncombe, Swain, and Chatham Counties each had the lowest at 3.1...
by WSIC News | Sep 28, 2022 | WSIC State News
Charlotte Stories is reporting that a recent study by Quantro Auto Group revealed that 1 in 5 (20%) car owners in North Carolina reluctantly purchased models that they didn’t initially plan on acquiring. Those North Carolinians who are not prepared to compromise and...
by WSIC News | Sep 28, 2022 | WSIC State News
Source: Cornelius Today With teachers making an average of $2,150 less per year than they did 10 years ago when adjusted for inflation, the personal-finance website Wallet today released its report on 2022’s Best & Worst States for Teachers, as well as...