RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 20 -- The North Carolina Justice Center issued the following news: Labor market figures for January show the COVID-19 recession continues across North Carolina. The pace of the recovery has slowed dramatically in recent months, and many communities that were the slowest to bounce back from the Great Recession are experiencing persistent job losses during this pandemic. Additional federal aid in the American Rescue Plan will certainly help, but it won't by itself f  more