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Autoworkers union celebrates breakthrough win in Tennessee and takes aim at more plants in the SouthThe United Auto Workers union is celebrating a huge win at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee. Organizers hope they can continue a push into the rest of the south, including North Carolina and South Carolina, which have very low union participation rates.
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Nearly two dozen “clean energy” projects have been built or proposed in North Carolina, many in counties that have been ravaged by job losses in textiles, furniture, and other industries.
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North Carolina researchers were awarded more than $2 billion in National Institutes of Health research grants last year. More than half of that went to just two universities: Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill.
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Credit Suisse executives say it's too early to talk about job cuts. It announced plans to eliminate 9,000 positions late last year.
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Legislative leaders announced Wednesday that they’ve agreed on how much to spend in the state budget for the next two years.
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The $5 billion Siler City plant, announced last year, will make silicon carbide wafers, which are the building blocks of semiconductors.
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The report says North Carolina ranked ninth in the U.S. for tech job growth from 2016 to 2021.
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Republican state lawmakers say they want to consider tax cuts this year, thanks to better-than-expected state revenue projections.
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Lindberg has been indicted again on federal criminal charges.
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The factory, which will make silicon carbide wafers, will be constructed on the site of a former coal power plant in the town of Ensdorf.
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A bill in the North Carolina House would require businesses to accept cash payments. It's in response to stores and restaurants that are going cashless.