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- Joyce Sullivan
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North Carolina’s ABC liquor laws were written in 1937, and they have been stuck there ever since.
North Carolina’s ABC liquor laws were written in 1937, and they have been stuck there ever since.
The answer to the question posed by Roanoke Rapids Finance Director Carmen Johnson last Tuesday is obviously a tax increase — but it must be one that not only stops the financial bleeding but actually gets things done.
I woke up on Wednesday, April 22 — the second day of the North Carolina General Assembly short session — expecting a typical day as I reviewed news, emails and upcoming bills.
Halifax, Vance, and Warren counties should remain vigilant for a repeat of the controversial provision of a Senate bill that aims to let Franklin County take land without consent.
The oldest trick in politics is hiding the most consequential action inside the most boring bill.