by WSIC News | Apr 25, 2023 | WSIC State News
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of 18 Republican colleagues introduced a broad package to clarify and strengthen violent crime laws related to attacks on law enforcement, bank robbery, carjacking, kidnapping and other offenses. The Combating Violent and...
by WSIC News | Apr 25, 2023 | WSIC State News
The Carolina Journal is reporting that groups representing manufacturers, small businesses, and more than 500 large corporations hope the U.S. Supreme Court will take the case of a sales tax dispute from North Carolina. The National Association of Manufacturers,...
by WSIC News | Apr 24, 2023 | WSIC State News
The state’s seasonally adjusted March 2023 unemployment rate was 3.5 percent, decreasing 0.1 of a percentage point from February’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 3.5 percent. North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased 0.2 of a...
by WSIC News | Apr 24, 2023 | WSIC State News
On Friday, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for halting the Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Record (EHR) system deployments and pre-deployment, a move that Senator Tillis had repeatedly called for. Tillis said that he...
by WSIC News | Apr 24, 2023 | WSIC State News
A 19-year-old girl is dead after an overnight crash early yesterday morning on NC-540 in Apex, according to state Highway Patrol. At about 12:15am, troopers said they were called to Triangle Expressway, near US-1 North and Veridea Parkway in reference to a crash...
by WSIC News | Apr 21, 2023 | WSIC State News
Earlier this week, the House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), held a hearing to conduct oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Congressman McHenry is committed to holding Chair Gensler accountable for his regulation...
