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  • Bill that would tax Social Security could be political minefield for NC Republicans

    Where the tax plans diverge House and Senate leaders are trying to negotiate a consensus plan to cut taxes after the chambers approved two different approaches. Here are the main sticking points: • Social Security: The Senate would impose a state tax on Social Security checks for those with other income sources. • Tax cuts: The House would the current personal income tax rate to a flat ...

  • Racial Justice Act Repealed By North Carolina Lawmakers

    Gov. Pat McCrory holds his first news conference Monday, January 7, 2013, in Raleigh, North Carolina. In one of his first acts as governor, McCrory issued an executive order to repeal the nonpartisan judicial nominating commission established by Perdue. (Takaaki Iwabu/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT via Getty ...

  • Rowan County woman charged with identity theft

    Iredell County sheriff’s investigators have charged a Rowan County woman with two counts of identity theft. Melissa Earnhardt, 33, of Rockwell, was in the Iredell County Detention Center on Wednesday under a $2,000 secured bond. On April 30, a woman reported to sheriff’s investigators that she received two credit cards in the mail that she never applied for. The victim had also ...

  • Union protests leaders in Raleigh

    The union that represents City of Charlotte workers is protesting the General Assembly’s attempts to wrest control of Charlotte Douglas International Airport from the city by putting it under the control of a regional authority. At a news conference outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Wednesday night, union official Steve Bader said union members intend to send a message ...

  • McCrory initiatives designed to boost employment move forward

    RALEIGH Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, who took office five months ago promising to shake up the status quo after 20 years of Democratic rule, saw his change agenda pick up momentum Wednesday. The state House began moving his plan to turn the Department of Commerce’s economic development functions over to a nonprofit corporation. The legislature also gave final approval to the first rewrite ...


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  • Charlotte-based company to close Brunswick plant

    WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A Charlotte-based chemical company says it will close its Brunswick County plant by the end of September, putting 600 people out of ...

  • North Carolina governor signs law aimed at restarting executions

    North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate, former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory meets supporters outside Myers Park Traditional Elementary school during the U.S. presidential election in Charlotte, North Carolina November 6, ...

  • Dealer gets 10 years for fatal shooting

    One man wanted to steal $60 worth of marijuana. Another wanted to keep it. Both pulled guns. Miguel Eduardo Silva was the quicker shot. Wednesday, the 20-year-old Charlotte man was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison in connection with the fatal 2011 shooting of the man who tried to rob him of a small amount of drugs in east Charlotte. According to a statement by the U.S. ...

  • McCrory OKs some loan interest rate increases

    McCrory approved a bill Wednesday that increases the maximum borrowing amount and interest rates on installment loans, which are often pursued by people with poor credit ...

  • The Price of Protection Who should pay to clean Jordan Lake

    Just In : Actor James Gandolfini, who won Emmys for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO series "The Sopranos," has died of an apparent heart attack, according to CNN. He was ...

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