Work, Wages, and Well-Being Understanding North Carolina’s Labor Market No matter what we look like or where we come from, we all deserve: Fulfilling work A living wage The freedom to thrive To know whether our economy and political systems are delivering on this vision, and to understand where we’re falling short, we need to…

Two months into the new fiscal year and following the start of another school year, legislative leaders in North Carolina still haven’t passed a comprehensive state budget. Here’s what that means for you and your community. What happens if lawmakers don’t pass a budget? Does state government shut down? No. If lawmakers fail to pass…

No matter what we look like or where we live, North Carolinians want to care for our families and see our communities thrive. Our hard work makes the state prosper, but a handful of politicians have rigged the tax code to redirect resources from our communities to wealthy individuals and highly profitable corporations.   Federal cuts…

An EPA worker said she's worried these furloughs will affect the public's health.

<blockquote><br /><strong><em>In an unusual acknowledgment, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply.</em>&lt...

Food and Nutrition Services is a federal food assistance program that provides low-income families buy the food they need for a nutritionally adequate diet.

Health care costs are about to skyrocket for working North Carolinians, but GOP lawmakers are prioritizing tax breaks for the wealthy.

Federal employees impacted by the government shutdown can apply for unemployment benefits from the state while they are furloughed. However, if they receive backpay from their employer, the benefits must be paid back to the state.

If Congress doesn't solve the government shutdown soon, the nutrition program for women, infants and children, commonly known as WIC, could run out of money within a week or two. Amarachi Uche talked with a nutrition director and a mother who relies on WIC benefits to learn the impact.

Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown.

Raising the prospect of mass layoffs as direct retaliation if Democrats do not accede to the House Republicans’ short-term funding proposal is simply an Administration threat to hurt the American people if it does not get its way.