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North Carolina’s state government agencies are facing a major worker shortage. They’re looking to the legislature this year to increase salaries so they can better recruit and retain employees.

Credit Suisse executives say it's too early to talk about job cuts. It announced plans to eliminate 9,000 positions late last year.

The report says North Carolina ranked ninth in the U.S. for tech job growth from 2016 to 2021.

Several high-tech companies have announced they’re expanding in the region known as the Carolina Core, which stretches from the Triad southeast through the middle of the state to Fayetteville.

A General Assembly staff economist wrote last week that state employment had returned to pre-pandemic levels last summer and had exceeded them.

Every month, the NC Technology Association releases a snapshot of IT job postings — software engineers, project managers, and other roles.

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point last month to 3.5 percent.

The department store and online retail giant said in a news release that it will invest $584 million in the project in China Grove, 35 miles northeast of Charlotte.

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Durham on Wednesday to tour the IBEW local 553 apprentice program at Durham Technical Community College and delivered remarks highlighting the administration's investments in workers.

Government officials announced the project Wednesday as local and state boards approved hefty financial incentives for Boom Supersonic. Officials say the proposed $500 million operation at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro could generate at least 1,750 jobs by 2030.