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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The picture of what North Carolina’s workforce looked like for the month of September will have to wait. The NC Department of Commerce was scheduled to release the state’s ...

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 ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- A Troubleshooter investigation into the state's unemployment system is getting results. The state is taking new action to protect your identity when it comes to unemployment fraud.

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 rate dropped from 12.7% in May to 7.6% in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. While that was the sixth-largest drop in the country, the rate is ...

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 ...