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RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Greenville totaled $1,581 per person in the 2008 budget year, ranking the city No. 25 out of 32 larger North Carolina cities, according…

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Hickory totaled about $1,976 per person in the 2008 budget year. That total ranks Hickory No. 8 among North Carolina’s larger cities in…

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in New Bern totaled about $1,680 per person in the 2008 budget year, and the city dropped one spot on a list ranking North…

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Rocky Mount totaled about $1,552 per person in the 2008 budget year. The city ranked No. 26 out of North Carolina’s 32 largest…

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees topped $1,971 per person in Greensboro during the 2008 budget year, a total that pushes the city to No. 9 in the tax-burden rankings…

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees reached $2,252 per person in Chapel Hill during the 2008 budget year, as the Orange County town ranked No. 4 among North Carolina’s largest…

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Wilmington topped $2,125 per person in the 2008 budget year, according to a new John Locke Foundation report. That total placed Wilmington…

RALEIGH — Now that North Carolina has registered nearly a full year of double-digit unemployment, state leaders should examine the obstacles that block creation of new jobs in this state.

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s latest record-breaking unemployment numbers and recent projections of slow economic growth should prompt the state’s elected leaders to rethink their tax and spending policies. That’s the…

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s 10th straight month of double-digit unemployment should raise doubts about the president’s latest promise of economic stimulus. That’s the reaction from the John Locke Foundation’s top…