North Carolina is beginning to feel the economic pain.
- Liongate is moved its new Hulu series from Willington, NC to Vancover Canada.
- Paypal is moving its proposed 400 good paying jobs and $3.6M investment from Charlotte
- A&E Studios is filming a new series called SIX. It will move to another state for season 2
- Google Ventures will not fund any new business in North Carolina
- ACPA College Student Education International moved its annual conference from North Carolina.
- Federal Agencies are reviewing their laws to see if the new NC makes them ineligible for certain funding.
- TNT will not bring back their series "Good Behavior" back to NC for season 2
Below is a table from Forbes magazine in 2014. It lists the 50 states based on their environment for the new economy (digital economy). I added next to the corresponding state, their recent legislative action toward "Bathroom Bills" in 2015/2016.
FINDINGS:
There are 23 states above the average score. Five (21%) of these stated attempted bills. None of them were successful. Of the five, two required Governor vetoes.
There are 27 states below the average score Nine (33%) attempted bills. Three were successful, one was vetoed, 2 died during the session and three are not out of committee.
Notice Mississippi, is number 50. There is a reason they are last in many economic categories. As a local saying goes, Georgia is Alabama without Atlanta.
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