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September 02, 2010
Even Part-Time Lawmakers Collecting Above-Average Pay
By Jana Benscoter

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s top-paid legislator in 2009 earned 48 percent more than the average state government employee earned in the same year, and 54 percent more than the average private sector employee. Among the 25 legislators collecting the highest compensation in 2009, the vast majority were Democrats; only six were Republicans.