Weekly initial unemployment-insurance benefit claims in North Carolina dropped below 5,000 for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic.North Carolina had 4,919 claims for the week that ended June 5,
As of May 11, 2021, eleven Republican-led states had announced their intention to phase out expanded unemployment in a response to poor employment figures and reports of employers.
The state House approved Thursday a Republican-led effort that would compel North Carolina s withdraw from a federal extended unemployment benefit program with a $300 weekly payment.