© 2025 WFAE

Mailing Address:
WFAE 90.7
P.O. Box 896890
Charlotte, NC 28289-6890
Tax ID: 56-1803808
90.7 Charlotte 93.7 Southern Pines 90.3 Hickory 106.1 Laurinburg
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
WFAE's HD signals are impaired. Learn more.

Gov. Stein unveils first workforce council report at CPCC

Josh Stein
Kenneth Lee
/
WFAE
Josh Stein at Central Piedmont Community College.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and the Workforce and Apprenticeship Council outlined their first report Monday at Central Piedmont Community College.

Earlier this spring, Stein established the council to focus on ways to expand access to good jobs and wages in North Carolina. Goals include an increase in participation in work-based learning, engaging with employers statewide and reducing state government job vacancies to 15%.

During the briefing at CPCC, Stein said he wants prospective high school students to have multiple options to gainful employment.

"There is not one single path towards success," Stein said. "And a person shouldn't have to get a four-year degree in order to earn an income enough to support their family."

In January, Stein announced a $16.3 billion capital investment plan for North Carolina that aims to create 18,000 good-paying jobs.

Kenny is a Maryland native who began his career in media as a sportswriter at Tuskegee University, covering SIAC sports working for the athletic department and as a sports correspondent for the Tuskegee Campus Digest. Following his time at Tuskegee, he was accepted to the NASCAR Diversity Internship Program as a Marketing Intern for The NASCAR Foundation in Daytona Beach, Florida in 2017.