Hostess jobs lost in North Carolina
It’s all over at the Hostess bakery Rocky Mount North Carolina. Matt Willoughby has the story from the Civitas Institute.
Read More →NC: Hostess already had plans for layoffs in Tar Heel State
By Matt Willoughby | Civitas
RALEIGH — Hostess Brand Inc. announced its intention to shut down company operations and stopped all production. It said it would lay off its 18,500 employees, because the union workers failed to report to work by a deadline Thursday.
But Hostess notified the North Carolina Department of Commerce in May it would [...]
Video: NC health care exchange
North Carolina Gov. Bev Purdue declare’s the state’s intent to form a state-federal partnership to run a health exchange under the Affordable Care Act.
Read More →Video: Same day voter registration problems in NC
There are questions about same day registration and voting in North Carolina. Matt Willoughby with the Civitas Institute has the story.
Read More →NC: Inactive Tarheel voters pose risk as election nears
By Jared Sichel | Watchdog.Org
CHARLOTTE — With the upcoming presidential election promising to be a close one, thousands of extra votes in a swing state ain’t pocket change.
In North Carolina alone there are about 782,000 “inactive” voters, many of whom are either dead, living elsewhere, or otherwise unlikely to vote in November. In seven counties, [...]






