According to a 2023 study from the N.C. Department of Commerce, about one in four agriculture workers in North Carolina are immigrants.
Tariffs can increase the cost of production for local business owners, which might necessitate price increases on their goods and services.
On Wednesday, the Chapel Hill Town Council met to discuss two proposed developments.
Recent studies show that employee engagement in the U.S. reached a 10-year low in 2024, with only 31 percent reporting being engaged at work.
Parents and officials discuss the PowerSchool data breach: what happened, how it happened and how the platform plans to solve it.
The lawsuit claims that changes made in Senate Bill 382 are partisan efforts that violate the separation of powers outlined by the state constitution and create distrust in election processes.
Since 2009, the Town has been setting aside a fraction of existing property tax payments to develop a fund to help pay back debt and interest payments, Town of Chapel Hill Business Management Director Amy Oland said. This fund will help the Town pay back the bonds.
“In our view, the DOL was, by regulation, giving farm workers self-organizing rights that Congress had said they aren’t entitled to,” Jake Parker, secretary and general counsel of the N.C. Farm Bureau, said.
The project intends to reimagine streets, sidewalks and gathering places in the downtown Chapel Hill area.
The program gives beneficiaries the ability to double their money and shop locally.
A community member shares their presentation during the NEXT Policy Slam Competition at Speakeasy Carrboro on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
