Trump has proposed a 20% tariff on all imported goods and tariffs of 60% or higher on imports from China. A wide range of economists say American consumers would wind up bearing the burden of these tariffs.
Attorney General Josh Stein announced last week that the NC Department of Justice had received 196 allegations of price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Los $750 son un pago inicial y flexible que te ayuda a cubrir artículos esenciales como: alimentos, agua, fórmula para bebés, suministros para la lactancia, medicamentos y otros suministros de emergencia.
Across the state, the executive directors of nearly two dozen community-based organizations are calling on health care providers to remove liens for homeowners with medical debt.
Twenty-five percent of NC residents are cost-burdened by housing — meaning that they are spending more than 30% or more of their income on housing. Another 12% are severely cost-burdened, spending 50% or more on housing.
On Oct. 1 at 5:30 p.m., Scuppernong Books is hosting a town hall where they have invited leaders, clients of the Interactive Resource Center and anyone else who lives or works downtown that wants to talk about solutions to homelessness.
Natron Energy plans to bring more than 1,000 jobs and $1.4 billion to Edgecombe County by building a battery plant. The factory will manufacture sodium-ion batteries, a clean energy technology that can be used to power AI data centers and EV charging stations.
“Rents are already too high. I will not tolerate any company scheming to block healthy competition among landlords. It raises rents and it’s illegal,” said AG Josh Stein when announcing the lawsuit.
“I will focus on cutting needless bureaucracy and unnecessary regulatory red tape … while protecting consumers and creating a stable business environment with consistent and transparent rules of the road,” said VP Kamala Harris.
Natron Energy, a battery startup making an alternative to lithium-based batteries, announced plans to invest $1.4 billion into a manufacturing plant in Edgecombe County between Rocky Mount and Tarboro.