As 2025 draws to a close, North Carolina appears on track to finish the year with an unemployment rate that is better than ...

North Carolina lawmakers are weighing an uptick in unemployment payments, proposing a bill that would raise the cap from $350 to $450 weekly. House Bill 48, which was heard and approved by the House ...

Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in North Carolina last week compared with the week prior.

From left, EPA Administrator Michael Regan, Gov. Roy Cooper, and Senator Tom Tillis met with local leaders the the North Fork Reservoir in Black Mountain, October 10, 2024. North Carolina Gov. Roy ...

Officials say the unemployment rate is down across the state of North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Commerce said Friday the jobless rate decreased in 92 of the state's 100 counties in ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

North Carolina legislators say they’re encouraged by improvements made within the state’s Division of Employment Security after the office faced scrutiny for repeatedly issuing late unemployment ...

The first jobs report under the new Trump administration showed a stable job market, with the unemployment rate ticking down from 4.1% to 4% in January, the lowest since last May, according to Bureau ...

From left, NC Governor Pat McCrory, State Rep. Julia Howard, NC Commerce Secretary John Skvarla III, NC House Speaker Tim Moore, Sen. Bob Rucho participated in a ceremonial cutting up of a federal ...

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 -- Many of those left unemployed by the COVID-19 crisis are about to discover the painful truth that North Carolina's unemployment insurance system deliberately has been ...

North Carolina’s unemployment website is so slow on mobile devices that it’s almost off the charts that one tech group is using to rank all 50 states. Hundreds of thousands of people in North Carolina ...