Southeastern United States

State leaders visit Asia to promote NC economy

State leaders, including Gov. Josh Stein and Labor Commissioner Luke Farley, have recently traveled to Asia to make the case for why global companies should invest in NC.

Theresa Opeka

Southern sellers worry as homes sit on market, values decline

As listings linger 8–13 days longer and home values fall by 3.9% year-over-year, sellers are feeling the weight of a shifting housing landscape.

Savannah Cade

Former N.C. Commerce Sec. John Skvarla dies

Former business executive and N.C. Commerce Secretary John Skvarla passed away Tuesday, July 19. Skvarla also served the state of North Carolina as head of the Department of Environmental Quality under then-Gov. Pat McCrory.

CJ Staff

Poor county’s green jobs at risk over permit

When regulators from the N.C. Division of Air Quality shut down Active Energy Renewable Power in Lumberton, they did so because the company was installing two pieces of equipment that would further reduce air emissions, while the state says the additional equipment was not in the original design. Supporters of the project in Lumberton tell...

Dallas Woodhouse

State’s economic recovery is sputtering

While the government counted about 100,000 fewer North Carolinians as unemployed last month, only 28,000 got jobs. The remaining 72,000 dropped out of the labor force.

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CJ politics week in review, Aug. 31-Sept. 4

Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. COVID-19 relief: The General Assembly passed a third massive COVID-19 relief package with a $1 billion price tag. House Bill 1105, aka the Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0, passed with a large...

Lindsay Marchello

North Carolina is no exception

Of the top 10 states in personal income growth since World War II, nine of them — including North Carolina — were Southern. Public policy choices are only part of the story.

State Economy Sets Brisk Pace

North Carolina's better-than-average performance means that tens of thousands of state residents have jobs they wouldn’t otherwise have.

Wind Farm Officials Differ On Need for Subsidies

RALEIGH — Despite earlier claims by Iberdrola Renewables officials that the $400 million, 300-megawatt Amazon Wind Farm that will cover 22,000 acres near Elizabeth City would be built totally from company funds, another Iberdrola official says the project requires some tax incentives to be viable economically. “We’re not at a point yet where we don’t need subsidies,” Eric Thumma told a recent meeting of the North Carolina Energy Policy Council.

Dan Way

N.C. Ranks No. 23 in Freedom Nationally, No. 5 in Region

RALEIGH — North Carolina ranks No. 23 among the 50 states, and No. 5 among Southeastern states, in freedom. That’s according to the John Locke Foundation’s newly released First in Freedom Index. JLF unveiled FFI in connection with its 25th anniversary celebration Feb. 7 in Research Triangle Park. Florida ranks No. 1 on the FFI list, followed by Arizona, Indiana, South Dakota, and Georgia.

CJ Staff

State Will Keep the Change

From 1963 to 2013, average per-capita incomes in the Southeast rose by precisely the same rate — 164 percent — as in North Carolina.