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By C. D. HermelinI moved to New York City, and I needed to make money. I wasn’t having luck getting a job. It’s a common tale.My solution was to grab my typewriter that I bought at ...
NC House bill would compare N.C. with other large states for unemployment benefits For nearly eight years, North Carolinaâs unemployment insurance law and benefits have been linked closely to its Southeast neighbors. As a result, unemployed and furloughed North Carolinians have received among the nationâs most meager benefits in terms of maximum weeks of between 12 and 16, and maximum weekly payments of $350. By comparison, 44 states provide at least 26 weeks of regular benefits. Yet, given North Carolina is the ninth largest state by population at 10.5 million â and closing fa...
The March rate is at the lowest level for the state since 3.9% in March 2020. The April 2020 rate was the first to reflect the economic impact of the pandemic with at least a 44-year high of 13.5%. The rate was unchanged in May before beginning its decline in June. The state jobless rate has dropped each month since 7.3% in September. The declining monthly jobless rate has significant implications on North Carolinians who may be furloughed or their job ended in the second half of the year. The maximum number of weeks for new state regular unemployment applicants has been 16 since Jan. 1. The ...
The Atlantic Disturbingly light is the head that wears the crown. April 13, 2021 Indian jumping ants "police" a female to force her to revert to worker status.Clint Penick / Kennesaw State University For most ant species, nothing spells apocalypse quite like the death of a queen. A colony stripped of its monarch, the group’s only fertile female and the sole source of eggs, quickly unravels, then extinguishes—an entire society snuffed out. The captain does not go down with her ship; the ship goes down with her captain. Indian jumping ants do not abide by such dictatorial dramatics. They’...
Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Monday that gives state employment officials more flexibility in assisting new unemployment benefit claimants.