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Charlotte real estate market expected to have strong year in 2024

Charlotte’s housing market will continue to see expanded growth in conjunction with growth across other sectors, while homeowners with low interest rates may be hesitant to sell, making inventory tighter.

Zach Rounceville
News

Greensboro’s Syngenta Owned By ChemChina

In light of recent concerns about the amount of foreign-owned agricultural land in North Carolina, it is worth noting the risk extends beyond mere land: Syngenta Seeds, LLC, one of the world's largest developers and producers of seeds for farmers and based in Greensboro, was bought in 2017 by ChemChina as part of a merger.

Katherine Zehnder
Opinion

Insurance commissioner seeks third term

If incumbent Mike Causey wins the Republican nod for insurance commissioner in March, it’ll be his seventh nomination. That will break the current record of six nominations for insurance commissioner — a record currently shared by Causey and the late Jim Long, a Democrat. That’s just in the primary, though. All six times Long was...

John Hood
News

Record year for technical accreditations among high school students

North Carolina high school students set a recent record for Career and Technical Education credentialing during the 2022-2023 school year, according to fresh data from the state Department of Public Instruction. CTE students scored a 41% credential attainment rate last school year, a jump from 28% in 2021-2022 and the highest rate in the last...

David N. Bass

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Opinion

North Carolina’s likely path to 2040

In July of last year, the Census Bureau estimated that some 10.8 million people resided in our state. One of the fastest-growing in the country, North Carolina’s population ranks ninth, just below Georgia’s population of 11 million. More generally, Southern states accounted for almost 90% of America’s net population increase last year, with migration into...

John Hood
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School and business closures ahead of Biden visit to Raleigh

Multiple schools and businesses have announced on social media that they will be closed Thursday afternoon as security plans to block roads for most of the work day. There are two schools on the same block as the event space selected for the Thursday presidential visit. There are six schools in the immediate closure area.

CJ Staff
News

Electric vehicle uncertainty in North Carolina

While electric vehicle industry is growing in NC, the trajectory of the EV sector appears uncertain. Industry giants like Ford, General Motors, and Tesla have collectively opted to delay their expansion plans in the year 2024 amid big losses in Q3.

CJ Staff
News

Holiday staff shortages hit the service industry hard

The NCRLA compiled hiring data from Lightcast and Indeed and found that since the beginning of October, approximately 2,134 restaurant jobs have opened up in the Triangle area alone. This development may come as a surprise to some due to the state’s historically low unemployment rate of 3.4%.

Sherman Criner