“Businesses can't move here if their employees can't afford to have a place to live, so it's imperative that we do this,” Rep. Jeff Zenger, R-Forsyth.
We didn't cut poverty in North Carolina by nearly a third since 2013 with JDIG grants. We did it with a concerted pivot towards limited government.
Rep. Jeff Zenger's bill promises to bring much-needed reforms to the state’s construction and development industry.
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, a division of Japanese parent company Fujifilm Corp, plans to expand its job force at its Holly Springs location with an additional 680 jobs and a $1.2 billion investment as part of a $15 million Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG) awarded by the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Economic Investment Committee (NCEIC).
For $109 million in federal taxpayer money, phase one will focus on Interstate 40, U.S. 17, and I-77. Phase two will focus on increasing public access to electric vehicle charging infrastructure, particularly in historically disadvantaged communities.
For the first time in more than two decades, China has been knocked off the top spot when it comes to the source of goods imported to the United States. According to 2023 trade reports US imports from Mexico rose nearly 5% in 2023 to more than $475 billion, while imports from China fell 20%...
Credit where credit is due: Gov. Roy Cooper scored a major win in his recent travels to Japan, securing a deal with Toyota to build one of the largest electric-vehicle battery plants in the world. The Japanese auto giant had already planned on investing $6 billion to build EV batteries in the Triad area, creating...
In a 2015 Fox News interview, Charles Koch, the chairman of Koch Industries, said, “Well, corporate welfare I think is a disaster for this, this country. It’s crippling our economy. It is contributing to a permanent underclass and corrupting the business community.” Mr. Koch correctly assessed corporate welfare programs, which involve government policies and financial...
With a growing population and need for more infrastructure, N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler stressed an urgent need for more investment in three department areas during a joint House and Senate Agriculture Committee meeting last week in Raleigh: department staff, farmland preservation, and agriculture research.
Climate change has taken center stage in the American mind, influencing not only our politics but also our consumer choices. A recent report outlines how rapidly consumer demand for green products has increased. In 2021, 58% of consumers reported that they would spend more for green products, but today that number has shot up to...
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is among the top 10 Democrats named in The Washington Post’s quarterly Democratic presidential candidate ranking for 2024 released on April 16. Cooper came in at 6th place, down from 5th in its last ranking. The paper calls him “one leading contender you hear the least about” and says he...
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