Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation director of health care and fiscal policy studies, discusses the impact of government-imposed higher energy costs on unemployment in North Carolina. The state reported an 11.1 percent unemployment rate for January 2010.
State forecasts $1.4 billion budget surplus
The North Carolina General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division projects that while inflation and interest rates are still up, the state will have $400 million over in collections in the current fiscal year and $1 billion additional revenue coming into the state coffers in FY 2024-25.