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Justice Circle County Snapshots show many North Carolinians are being left out of a growing economy
Prosperity Watch (Issue 73, No. 1) May 1, 2017 In 2015, 16.4 percent of North Carolinians lived below the federal poverty level, just …
Publication Type: Prosperity Watch
A slow recovery leaves swaths of NC behind
Prosperity Watch (Issue 73, No. 2) May 8, 2017 Local labor market data continues to reveal a trend where urban counties lead the …
North Carolina will need revenue replacements to offset $1.1 billion loss in federal grant money in 2018
Prosperity Watch (Issue 73, No. 3) May 16, 2017 President Trump’s federal budget aims to cut state and local discretionary grants by $18 billion …
Cuts to Medicaid would harm more rural North Carolinians
Prosperity Watch (Issue 73, No. 4) May 22, 2017 A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities last week highlighted the ways …
Where Hurricane Matthew hit the hardest, jobs have been slow to return
Prosperity Watch (Issue 75, No. 1) June 5, 2017 When Governor Pat McCrory sought for an emergency declaration on Oct. 7, 2016, Eastern …
Immigrants projected to drive labor force growth for years to come
by the Pew Research Center points to the central role that immigrants and children of immigrants will play in growing our labor force …
North Carolina’s Sister Cities
What do Asheville, Charlotte, High Point, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh, and Durham have in common? Other than being larger cities in North Carolina, less …
As Pride Month comes to an end, LGBT equality still a ways off in NC
Prosperity Watch (Issue 75, No. 4) June 26, 2017 Marriage equality came to North Carolina two years ago today with the landmark Supreme …
N.C. and U.S. growing more diverse; General Assembly isn’t keeping up
Prosperity Watch (Issue 76, No. 1) July 10, 2017 A review of our state’s demographics shows North Carolina is a growing and diverse …
As Middle Income Jobs Disappear, N.C. Wages Stop Catching Up with the National Average
Prosperity Watch (Issue 76, No. 2) July 17, 2017 A new report by N.C. State University economist Mike Walden provides more evidence that the middle …