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N.C. Senate delivers $20.58 billion budget proposal
By Lynn Bonner | E-mail | 6:49AM
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The proposal represents a 2.3 percent increase over the current budget and is about $17 million short of the budget Gov. Pat McCrory proposed in March.
Legislator opposes I-77 tolls
Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Associated Press | May 19, 2013
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President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.

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N.C.'s gun data may soon be sealed
By Gavin Off | E-mail | May 19, 2013

One of the only surviving bills in the N.C. General Assembly related to gun control would close permit information to the public, making it nearly impossible for groups to watchdog how the government issues licenses to buy hundreds of thousands of handguns.

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Dozens of felons hold gun permits in Mecklenburg Co.
Bills on gun permits stall in N.C. Legislature
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