Business & Economy

North Carolina's unemployment rate fell for the eighth consecutive month in May, the state Department of Commerce announced on Wednesday.

As the number of COVID cases declines and public health restrictions lift, independent live music venues in North Carolina and across the country are scheduling shows for on-site audiences for the first time in more than a year.

North Carolina's resurgent post-pandemic economy could put an additional $6.5 billion over the next two years into state government coffers already swollen with cash, state economists said Tuesday.

With the pandemic easing its grip, the summer vacation season is expected to set tourism records on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. But business owners won’t be able to take full advantage of the crowds because of COVID-19 and worker shortages.

Broadband, K-12 and higher education, local infrastructure and targeted businesses would be among the greatest beneficiaries in Gov. Roy Cooper's proposals unveiled Wednesday on how to spend $5.7 billion in federal COVID-19 aid recently approved by Congress.

Governor Cooper and State Budget Director Charlie Perusse hold a press conference Wednesday at 2 p.m. to issue recommendations for investing federal American Recovery Plan funds.

Restaurants across the Carolinas are struggling to find workers even as demand is rebounding from a pandemic slowdown. That’s despite many restaurants raising pay and even offering signing bonuses

State and federal officials are scrambling to find alternate routes to deliver gasoline in the Southeast U.S. due to a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline.

During the Trump administration, the federal government delivered billions of dollars in aid to farmers. But across the country — and in North Carolina — many of those new payments went to the biggest farms, leaving small farms behind.

The hospitality industry in the Triangle and across North Carolina is struggling to find workers as pandemic restrictions ease and consumers go out more.