Laura Leslie, WRAL — North Carolina House leaders are backing a bill to cut off the $300 federal jobless checks some believe are causing a labor shortage in North Carolina. It’s not clear yet how many of the roughly 240,000 people on NC’s unemployment rolls would lose that support. At a hastily called meeting of the House Finance committee late Wednesday, bill sponsor Rep. Jason Saine couldn’t say.

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