Galen Bacharier

A newly formed North Carolina House committee will examine how the legislature could get involved to lower property taxes. Property taxes in the state are assessed at the local and county level; the state does not determine their rate. But lawmakers, including leading Republicans, have repeatedly expressed a desire to address rates that they argue […]

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