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Questionable criteria on N.C. worker ranking begs a deeper dive
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s economic health seems strong. Taxes are low, cost of living is below average, and a recent CNBC study gave the state a No. 2 ranking as “Best for Business” because of solid growth, quality workforce, business friendliness, and technology.
Major anniversary approaches for N.C. right-to-work protections
RALEIGH — "The right to live includes the right to work.”
That simple statement opens the text of a state law that has helped boost North Carolina’s economic competitiveness for nearly 75 years.
Democrats, unions fighting legislative move to open disciplinary records
RALEIGH — A bill that would open disciplinary records of government employees is crawling through the Senate, and employee unions and Democrats are determined to kill it.
General Assembly to consider adding ‘right-to-work’ to N.C. Constitution
RALEIGH — The General Assembly will consider a measure to enshrine North Carolina’s right-to-work policies in the state constitution.
CDC: Students can be 3 feet apart in most scenarios
ROCKINGHAM — Students can now sit a little closer together in class, according to federal health officials.
Labor commissioner debate exposes differences on state reopening
RALEIGH — Reopening the economy during COVID-19 is a hotly contested issue in the race for N.C. Commissioner of Labor.
Biden will be ‘most pro-union president since FDR,’ wife says at news conference
RALEIGH — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden “will be the most pro-union president since [Franklin Roosevelt],” Jill Biden said of her husband Monday during a teleconference sponsored by a nurses’ union. “He will govern with the understanding that health care is a right, not a privilege.”
OP-ED: This Labor Day, celebrate the freedom and prosperity of North Carolina’s Right to Work law
This Labor Day, we celebrate America’s working men and women, many of whom are going the extra mile during this COVID-19 pandemic.
COLUMN: Change how we pay teachers
About this time last year, progressive activists and Democratic politicians were trumpeting the news that North Carolina was 49th in the country in friendliness to teachers, according to a study by the website WalletHub. The state’s low ranking proved that Republicans disliked public education, they alleged.
OP-ED: This Labor Day, celebrate the freedom and prosperity of right to work
Happy Labor Day and congratulations! If you are reading this, chances are you are one of the millions of Americans living in one of 27 Right to Work states. You wouldn’t guess it from Right to Work opponents’ unsupported claims, but Right to Work laws are simple and straightforward, not to mention popular.
