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Monday, 18 March 2013 13:49 |
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RALEIGH, (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly is returning to its roots by meeting in the building where it worked for more than 120 years.
The House and Senate plan to hold their Monday evening session in the 1840 Capitol building. They moved a block away to the Legislative Building in 1963.
Legislators were expected Monday to approve a resolution highlighting the 10-year anniversary of the re-energized effort to recover North Carolina's copy of the Bill of Rights, one of 14 made in 1789. A Union soldier took it from the State Capitol during the Civil War.
It was returned to North Carolina in 2005.
Earlier Monday, the copy will be on display at the State Capitol for a few hours. |
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Monday, 18 March 2013 13:29 |
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RALEIGH, (AP) — North Carolina's unemployment rate edged up in January as the state continues to grapple with job losses.
The state Commerce Department said Monday that North Carolina's unemployment rate was 9.5 percent in January. That is up from 9.4 percent in December.
Employers added nearly 3,000 more jobs than they cut, with hospitality and manufacturing responsible for most of the gains. North Carolina's hospitality industry was the sector with the largest monthly increase.
But the number of people unemployed grew by more than 6,000, with professional and business services losing the most workers, followed by education and health services.
More than 17,000 people were added in December to the pool of people looking for work statewide.
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Sunday, 17 March 2013 18:26 |
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RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Following is Gov. Pat McCrory's public schedule for Monday, March 18, 2013, as detailed by his office.
4:30 p.m.
Department of Cultural Resources' 100th Anniversary of the Bill of Rights Reception
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Sunday, 17 March 2013 17:44 |
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RALEIGH, (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper is joining his colleagues in 13 other states in asking Congress to limit what for-profit schools can spend on recruitment, advertising and marketing.
Cooper and the other attorneys general sent a letter to Congress to get lawmakers to back the Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act sponsored by Sens. Kay Hagan and Tom Harkin.
The bill introduced this week would restrict institutions of higher learning from using federal financial aid for recruitment, advertising and marketing purposes.
Cooper's office is part of a multistate group investigating the for-profit schools industry. His office has fielded 54 complaints in the past year, including students who say they enrolled in classes that weren't accredited, and instances of high-pressure sales tactics aimed at the military and veterans.
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