N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, announces the formation of a new House task force targeting unemployment insurance fraud. Tillis, Reps. Marilyn Avila, R-Wake, and G.L. Pridgen, R-Robeson, and Laurinburg business owner Jerry Norton offer comments during the Feb. 28, 2012, news conference.
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