Editor’s note: Some names in this story have been changed to protect identities. Jane, a Raleigh-based cosmetologist, wanted to keep working when her salon closed March 25. She didn’t know providing in-home manicures was illegal. Last month, Gov. Roy Cooper ordered all hair and…
A weekly report issued Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor says 73,597 North Carolina workers should receive unemployment insurance benefits for the week ending March 21. How many payments are going out? Neither Gov. Roy Cooper nor officials with the Division of Employment Security will say. Cooper said…
Money topped the list of needs from North Carolina’s institutions of higher education in a meeting Thursday, April 2, of the House Select Committee on COVID-19 Education Working Group. The economy won’t recover if colleges and universities aren’t there to prepare a workforce, higher education leaders…
North Carolina teachers and other state employees won’t pay out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatments through June 1. State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced Thursday, April 2, the State Health Plan will cover treatments for diagnosed COVID-19 cases, including deductibles, co-payments, and co-insurance through June 1. …
Worries about the safety of health care workers and the shortage of protective gear dominated the second meeting of the House Select Committee on COVID-19 Health Care Working Group on Thursday, April 2. North Carolina has just 30% of the protective equipment providers need across the…
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…
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…
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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,…
