Today Governor Josh Stein announced that more than 500 high school students completed summer pre-apprenticeship and youth apprenticeship academies this year through the North Carolina Business ...
North Carolina Commerce Secretary Lee Lilley issued a statement on Caterpillar's plans to expand its production capacity with a new manufacturing facility in Sanford: “Caterpillar’s billion-dollar ...
State’s efforts deliver new homes, jobs, business support, and economic investment In the two years since Hurricane Helene ...
Today Governor Josh Stein handed Dennis Fultz, a Leicester homeowner, the keys to his brand-new home – a homecoming that was made possible through Renew NC’s Single-Family Housing Program. After ...
Today in Lansing, Governor Stein announced $5 million in new infrastructure grants to support small business recovery in western North Carolina through the Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program.
The NC Main Street & Rural Planning Center reported today that since the inception of the Main Street program in North Carolina in 1980, designated Main Street and Small Town Main ...
The state’s seasonally adjusted August 2026 unemployment rate was 3.5 percent, decreasing 0.1 of a percentage point from July’s revised rate. The national rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent. Raleigh, N ...
Facility to Create More Than 400 Good-Paying Jobs in Eastern North Carolina Today Governor Stein joined officials with the N.C. Global TransPark and the U.S. Navy in Kinston for the ribbon-cutting ...
Welcome to the September 2026 edition of NC Economy Watch: an update on what’s happening in the North Carolina economy and what it means for you, brought to you by the Labor & Economic Analysis ...
2026 “Tracking Innovation” report marks the state’s first top-10 ranking for overall innovation capacity and identifies opportunities for further growth The North Carolina Department of Commerce, on ...
What is the ACT WorkKeys? A core priority of North Carolina’s K-12 system is to ensure that students graduate both college- and career-ready. Yet the typical assessments that states use to measure ...