Spotlight What the income tax cap on your ballot would mean for what you have to pay NC Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan The News & Observer (Raleigh) Oct 13, 2026 Oct 13, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Do North Carolina voters want to lower the cap on the state income tax?kAm|:==:@?D @7 G@E6CD H:== 564:56 :7 E96 DE2E6 5C@AD :ED :?4@>6 E2I 42A E@ b]dT] xE’D @?6 @7 E9C66 4@?DE:EFE:@?2= 2>6?5>6?ED @? J@FC }@G] b 32==@E]k^AmkAmw6C6’D 6I24E=J H92E J@F’== 36 2D<65ik^AmkF=mk=:m“r@?DE:EFE:@?2= 2>6?5>6?E E@ <66A E96 $E2E6 :?4@>6 E2I C2E6 7C@> 36:?8 C2:D65 9:896C E92? E9C66 2?5 @?6\92=7 A6C46?E Wb]dTX]”k^=:mk=:m%96 49@:46D 2C6 “7@C” @C “282:?DE]”k^=:mk^F=m k9a 4=2DDlQ9aQm(92E 92AA6?D :7 G@E6CD A2DD :?4@>6 E2I 42Ak^9am People are also reading… Groundbreaking set for new affordable housing neighborhood in Old Fort. Here's where Will North Carolina have a cold, snowy winter? 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