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Nurses, legislators, guns, income tax, fracking, Dwane Powell and same-sex marriage

Submitted by samnewkirk on 05/01/2013 - 11:44

Here are some letters that got overrun by other issues before they made it into the paper.

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Fact check: Are N.C. tax rates the highest in Southeast? Depends on the map

Submitted by John_Frank on 10/04/2012 - 10:07

Claim: “The best incentive for new jobs in North Carolina ... is not to have the highest sales tax, the highest corporate tax and the highest income tax in the Southeast, which is what we have right now.”

Speaker: Pat McCrory

Context: McCrory compares North Carolina’s tax rates to its peers as part of his pitch to make the state more competitive and business-friendly. We will look at just the tax rates here.

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