Corruption news for North Carolina, from the News Observer:

A spokesman for House Speaker Thom Tillis (pictured, right) is rejecting a campaign finance reform group's suggestions that political donations look like they correlate with legislation that narrowly passed his chamber months earlier.Democracy North Carolina questioned Tuesday about $21,000 from donors and political action committees related to the consumer finance industry and given to Tillis' campaign committee in October.

The House approved in June a bill that would let installment loan companies lend more money per individual and charge higher interest rates on higher balances.

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