by WSIC News | Mar 15, 2023 | WSIC State News
The state’s seasonally adjusted January 2023 unemployment rate was 3.8 percent, unchanged from December’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 3.4 percent. North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased 0.2 of a percentage point from a...
by WSIC News | Mar 15, 2023 | WSIC State News
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently co-sponsored legislation to reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act, which would provide state and local law enforcement agencies with resources to complete forensic analysis of crime scenes and untested rape kits. Tillis said that...
by WSIC News | Mar 14, 2023 | WSIC State News
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-Cornelius NC) recently reintroduced the Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders and Violence Expulsion (REMOVE) Act, legislation that would close a loophole that currently prevents the United States from deporting criminal immigrants who are...
by WSIC News | Mar 14, 2023 | WSIC State News
Average gas prices in North Carolina have risen 12.3 cents per gallon in the last week, now averaging $3.25/g, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 6,092 stations in North Carolina. Prices in the state are 1.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and 92.3 cents...
by WSIC News | Mar 14, 2023 | WSIC State News
The NC Chamber Foundation and the North Carolina Center on the Workforce for Health partnering to tackle the state’s health workforce shortages. The two groups are also engaging local leaders and state-level stakeholders to build support for this approach and related...
by WSIC News | Mar 14, 2023 | WSIC State News
WNCN is reporting that an ex-Raleigh policeman pleaded guilty yesterday to drug and gun charges after he distributed cocaine while working on duty, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Keven Rodriguez’s arrest came after Raleigh...
