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09.06.2017 News Releases, Policy Points

Register For “Making Sense Of The Census” on October 26 In RTP

  CHAPEL HILL, NC (September 6, 2017) – Today, registration opens for "Making Sense of the Census: Using Census Data for Local Change," the first in a new series of training courses developed by South by North Strategies, Ltd. This daylong training course will take place ...

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08.18.2017 News Releases, Policy Points

NC’s Labor Market Continues To Confound

CHAPEL HILL, NC (August 18, 2017) – In July 2017, employers in North Carolina collectively added 8,800 more payroll jobs than they cut (+0.2 percent), due primarily to net hiring in the private sector. The monthly household survey, meanwhile, recorded ...

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08.08.2017 News Releases, Policy Points

Ideas Sought For New Training Courses

CHAPEL HILL, NC (August 8, 2017) – Public, nonprofit, philanthropic, and media organizations today have instant access to massive amounts of raw data and the computing power needed to analyze them. They are challenged, however, to make sense of a seemingly contradictory flood of facts, identify the ...

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08.05.2017 News Releases, Our Projects, Policy Points

Opportunity Gaps In The Research Triangle

In early 2017, South by North Strategies, Ltd. joined with the program and communications professionals at the Triangle Community Foundation to prepare a series of county-level snapshots that documented differences in educational, economic, demographic, and social conditions within each of the four ...

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07.21.2017 News Releases, Policy Points

NC’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.2%

CHAPEL HILL, NC (July 21, 2017) – In June 2017, employers in North Carolina collectively added 12,600 more payroll jobs than they cut (+0.3 percent), due primarily to net hiring in the public sector. The monthly household survey, meanwhile, recorded ...

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