North Carolina could free up hundreds of millions of dollars by eliminating state government jobs that have been vacant for six months or more, State Auditor Dave Boliek told legislators Tuesday. But ...

The job losses at the federal government and at state governments have hit nonfarm employment all year, and hard. State governments shed 45,000 jobs in 2025, including another 7,000 in December, after ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered state agencies to stop most hiring in May, in what he said was an effort to control spending. Since then, the number of filled state government positions has remained ...