When the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the March U.S. unemployment figures Friday, you’d think they would reflect the onslaught of applications reported over the past two weeks: 3.3 million the week ending March 21 and 6.6 million last week. But they almost certainly won’t. With at least 10 million…
The U.S. Congress and President Trump are testing whether there are any limits to debt-financed fiscal policy. Already running a $1 trillion deficit, Congress has tripled the deficit with three bills to combat the health and economic effects of the novel coronavirus. The first bill — H.R. 6074 — Coronavirus…
North Carolina will have to ramp up its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic before thinking about restarting its economy, a roadmap by Scott Gottlieb warns. Gottlieb, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner…
Dear friends and supporters, It’s here. Thank you for your loyal readership. The coronavirus has rocked the economy and our daily lives. With events surrounding the crisis evolving rapidly, the shelf life of our news is sometimes mere hours. As a result, we’ve put more resources toward publishing…
• Why didn’t you publish a print edition for April? As Amy and Rick said in our original message, the COVID-19 outbreak completely overturned the news cycle. Stories were changing within days if not hours. By the time we would have sent our materials to the printer and the Postal…
N.C. Sen. Rick Gunn, R-Alamance, and the N.C. Association of ABC Boards want to allow bars and restaurants to sell alcohol back to N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission stores. The resolution, unanimously passed by the board association Wednesday, April 1,…
Telemedicine is finally realizing its potential in patients’ homes and hospital rooms across North Carolina. COVID-19 overhauled how hospitals deliver medicine in a matter of days, forcing providers to radically expand telemedicine, sometimes with the help of private companies. But now providers are wondering whether those…
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office will resume accepting and processing applications for pistol permits consistent with N.C. General Statutes, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday, March 31. Judge A. Graham Shirley said parties in a complaint — Travis Groo…
Gov. Roy Cooper says the state Division of Employment Security is buried under a “mountain of claims,” receiving more than 20,000 requests for Unemployment Insurance benefits Sunday, March 29. By contrast, the agency dealt with about 25,000 claims a month during the Great Recession and is set up…
The show must go on. That was the theme of the Tuesday, March 31 meeting of the Continuity of State Operations Working Group, a subset of the House COVID-19 committee. Keep cash flowing, keep the lights on, state lawmakers said. The General Assembly plans…
