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8 congressmen, 38 legislators face Super Tuesday challenges
Registered voters in the state this cycle will choose a US senator, all 14 US House representatives, one state Supreme Court judge and three appellate justices.
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‘Coolest Thing Made in NC’ finalists revealed
The NC Chamber today revealed the 15 finalists in its annual "Coolest Thing Made in NC" contest, with five standout products from each of three categories.
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NC drivers paying less than most for auto insurance across the country
Drivers across the country will be paying more for their auto insurance this year, according to a report from ValuePenguin.com. While that includes North Carolina, drivers in the Tar Heel State are expected to pay less than their counterparts.
Opinion
The people against the alphabet soup regulators
The regulatory barriers placed on the need to develop natural resources to provide vital economic infrastructure have reached a crisis.
Opinion
New Bern trailing the field in Sunday alcohol sales
New Bern has given opponents of Senate Bill 155 — teetotaling lawmakers and religious leaders — a reason to flash a crooked smile. Those who wrung their hands and told of dark times to come should North Carolina pass a law allowing 10 a.m. Sunday alcohol were somewhat vindicated Tuesday, when aldermen in the Craven...
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Senate Adds New Tax Cut To Fiscal Equation
RALEIGH — On Thursday, Sens. Bob Rucho, R-Mecklenburg, Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick, and Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, introduced a bill that would cut the personal income tax rate over two years from 5.75 percent to 5.5 percent. It also would cut the corporate income tax rate from 5 percent to 4 percent over the same time period.
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Universities and Businesses Join in Aquaculture
RALEIGH — North Carolina's fish farming industry remains fairly small — generating about $52 million in revenues in 2010, about $2 million less than the previous year. For comparison, the state’s agriculture industry as a whole (aquaculture included) accounted for $9.2 billion in 2009.
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GOP Makes History by Securing Control of N.C. House, Senate
RALEIGH — Republicans made historic gains in the North Carolina legislature during Tuesday’s midterm election, gaining control of both chambers of the General Assembly by comfortable margins for the first time since the 19th century.
Opinion
Rating The First Debate
It was a stumble, albeit in a race with a long, long stretch of track still to traverse.
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Deal May Hide Tall-Ship Losses
RALEIGH — When Gov. Mike Easley and top state officials recently approved the acquisition of a 36-acre parcel of land in Beaufort, they also might have helped a nonprofit organization hide financial losses from the Pepsi Americas’ Sail event in July.
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Court: A Locked Desk Is Not a Safe
RALEIGH — What’s a “safe”? The question, seemingly only of semantic interest, was the key point in a case decided recently by the N.C. Court of Appeals. The state’s second highest court held that a locked compartment of a desk cannot be considered a safe or vault and overturned the felon safecracking conviction of a man caught trying to break into a locked desk.
