Black wort alienate voters by advocating tax increase
Raleigh based House Speaker Jim Black warns against tax increases while framing a no tax budget as possible. He notes lessons from the 1990s crisis, polling on taxes, and a political climate that led to a 1994 tax hike and later GOP control, stressing economy concerns and political backlash.
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Black Wort
Raleigh
Jim Black
Dan Blue
Blue
Black
House
Full
House Finance Committee
Jim Martin
Princeville holds firm as Tar River floods recede
Princeville officials report the Tar River flood stage reached 19 feet but the dike held. Town manager Bobby Hopkins says water washed to the base of the earthen dike yet did not erode it. Winds chill in Speed as Deep Creek floods ease with some residents evacuated voluntarily.
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Bobby Hopkins
North Carolina
Allison
Texas
Floyd
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tarboro
Hopkins
National Weather Service
Jonathan Blues
Tar
Blues
Speed
Deep Creek
Wilbert Harrison
Serial killer Arm strong pleads guilty in Detroit murders
John Eric Armstrong, 27, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the deaths of Robbin Brown 20 Rose Marie Felt 32 and Monica Johnson 31. He faces a July 3 sentencing for three murders and two assaults.
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John Eric Armstrong
Wendy Jordan
Rouge River
Dearborn Heights
Strong
Harris
Armstrong
Wayne County
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FBI
Washington State
Hawaii
Hong Kong
Thailand
Singapore
Virginia
North Carolina
The
Nimitz
Bremerton
Wash
Western Pacific
Indian Ocean
Arabian Gulf
Detroit-area
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Black voter gap in North Carolina larger for blacks than whites
Blacks in North Carolina vote at lower rates than whites despite registration drives and laws. In Mecklenburg County 56 percent of voting age whites voted vs 45 percent of blacks. Statewide gap exceeds 12 points per Associated Press. Experts cite history, incarceration, and class as factors. Local leaders urge turnout, noting civil rights era sacrifices.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Stadu
Mecklenburg County
Associated Press
Fred Yates
NAACP
N.C
John Aldrich
Duke University
Charlene Hendricks
Solid Rock Missionary Baptist
Angelo Sharpless
Duane Muhammad
Hickory
Ridgeview
Detroit
Martin Luther King Jr
Muhammad
Belarussian children find free care at Brenner Hospital
Twenty one Belarussian children from radiation affected regions visit Brenner Children's Hospital July 15 to 30 for medical checkups and vaccines. The program, organized with Pilot Mountain Baptist Association and American Belorussian Relief Organization, provides physicals, blood work, dental and eye exams to address thyroid disease leukemia and immune system damage seen after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
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Winston-Salem
United States
Chernobyl
Soviet Union
Sara Sinai
Brenner Children’s Hospital
Pilot Mountain Baptist Association
American Belorussian Relief Organization
Sinai
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