By Chris Fitzsimon 

Tuition at University of North Carolina campuses is the subject of the latest skirmish between Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and state Treasurer Richard Moore in their battle for the Democratic nomination for governor.

A Moore television ad accuses Perdue of “leading the charge” for tuition increases in her position as chair of the Senate budget committee in the mid-1990s and cites Perdue’s comment that one proposed increase was just “beer and party money.” Perdue responded with an ad of her own that says Moore voted for tuition increases too when he was a member of the House.

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