Recession

Mahogany Mermaids upend decades of stereotypes by teaching Black adults to swim, but Charlotte’s minority youth swim team is fighting to stay afloat.

Powell warned it will take time to put millions of jobless Americans back to work, while also downplaying inflation threats.

U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs last month, after a pandemic-driven slump in December. Unemployment fell to 6.3%.

Restaurants and bars are reeling from persistent spikes of coronavirus cases. Earlier holiday sales also meant online shopping and electronics sales dipped in December. Retail sales fell 0.7%.

Matthews-based discount chain Family Dollar started to report record profits about 5 years ago when the country was in a recession.And now as the economy…

Tens of thousands of unemployed North Carolinians will run out of federal benefits at the end of this week.On Saturday, the federal government will end…

The General Fund is the state’s piggy bank, where revenue goes in and payments come out. Today, the State Controller’s office released a report showing…

Republican state legislators unveiled a plan Wednesday to reduce unemployment benefits and raise taxes on some businesses. They say those are necessary…

http://66.225.205.104/JRWOLF.mp3Over the holiday weekend, rooms were sold out at a new indoor water park and hotel in Concord. Great Wolf Resorts has high…