North Carolina Senate gives final OK to $2B tax-cut plan

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation that includes more than $2 billion in tax reductions over the next two years and the phaseout of North Carolina’s corporate income tax by 2028 received bipartisan approval again in the Senate on Thursday.  The Republican-authored measure, which also would send up to $1 billion in federal COVID-19 recovery aid to hundreds of thousands businesses and nonprofits, already received the Senate’s initial OK on Wednesday. Seven Democrats

6-year old goes to trial in NC

By Dr. Joy Martinez, Staff Writer The 6-year-old dangled his legs above the floor as he sat at the table with his defense attorney, before a North Carolina judge. Accused of picking a tulip from a yard at his bus stop, the little boy was on trial in juvenile court for injury to real property, according to his attorney Julie Boyer. "He gets served with papers. His mom gets served