Ten state legislators will benefit from a $321,600 advertising campaign planned by a new super PAC backed by business-interest money. The Carolina Business Coalition Education Fund in a June 4 report filed with the state Board of Elections said it had received $350,000 in May from the Carolina Business Coalition, whose board membership includes executives from Dole Foods, Reynolds American, a former BB&T executive, a former GlaxoWellcome CEO and the textile company Glen Raven Inc. Former Gov. Jim Martin is also on the board...

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