RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 29 -- The North Carolina Justice Center issued the following news release on April 28, 2021: Even as communities work to recover from the economic shock of COVID-19, the latest labor market data released today show that local job markets are still far from healthy. Most communities still have fewer jobs, more people looking for work, and fewer people connected to the labor market than before the pandemic. "Unless we change course, the pandemic very well may leave  more