Purchase Photos Close Email–> Print–> QR Favorite Font Size: RALEIGH — The “Sales Tax Fairness Act” proposed by N.C. Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown as a way to direct revenue to rural counties was on the minds of community leaders…
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Hendersonville Hires Ambassador to Ease Parking Woes
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Our View: Gift or heist? Tax plan needs rethinking – Fayetteville Observer …
Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:00 am Our View: Gift or heist? Tax plan needs rethinking As an image-changer, this one is pretty good. Who’d expect a Republican to rob the rich and give to the poor? But that’s what…
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How The West Was Won, The Transformation of Western North Carolina
Railroads have always been important to the economic development of North Carolina, but for many years the western part of the state was left out of the equation. The intense, mountainous terrain deterred companies from developing in the area around…
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Petition Calls for Moratorium on Chains Downtown
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Wilkes officials join in for new sales tax plan – journalpatriot: News
Two Wilkes County commissioners were among dozens of officials from counties across the state who helped push for a plan to redistribute sales tax revenue during a news conference in Raleigh Tuesday. Sen. Harry Brown of Onslow County, a Republican…
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El Paso County Commissioner Sallie Clark goes national – Denver Post Blogs
El Paso County Commissioner Sallie Clark this month became president of the National Association of Counties. Clark, of Colorado Springs, is the first Colorado commissioner to ever hold the post. (Provided by NACo/Sallie Clark) As the daughter of a mayor,…
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N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper has been asked to investigate allegations of …
Samantha Cole, a spokeswoman for the N.C. Attorney General’s Office, says the N.C. Department of Justice has not received any complaints from consumers regarding resort fees. But she says the department’s Consumer Protection Division is always concerned if undisclosed or…
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Duke Energy to hold meetings to discuss power line project to connect …
LANDRUM, SC (FOX Carolina) – Duke Energy will host two public meetings this week about the company’s plan to construct a high voltage electrical transmission line between Asheville and northern Spartanburg County. Duke officials said property along a 45 mile…
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Move Over Munich: A World Record Beer Garden Opens in the U.S. – Forbes
Think “craft beer” and hot spots like Bend, Oregon, Fort Collins, Colorado or pretty much all of Vermont come to mind. But down in North Carolina, Raleigh has been quietly carving out a top spot in the still growing craft…
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