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Taylor out, Gibson in as N.C. employment chief

Lockhart Taylor is out as director of employment security at the N.C. Department of Commerce.  Pryor Gibson, who was a top legislative aide for former Gov. Bev Perdue, replaces Taylor. The announcement came Wednesday, May 27, more than a week after Taylor publicly apologized to struggling North Carolinians still waiting for unemployment benefits from the...

Kari Travis
Opinion

Cooper should bring out jobs expert to explain N.C. employment situation

So, where is the state’s jobs expert? I haven’t seen one. Is it Secretary of Commerce Tony Copeland or one of his employees? Gov. Roy Cooper usually has Emergency Management Director Mike Sprayberry and Health and Human Services Director Dr. Mandy Cohen at his daily coronavirus briefings. Sprayberry talks about emergency response issues, and Cohen...

Don Carrington

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