Dramatic growth in cargo shipments from the FedEx Express hub at Piedmont Triad International Airport has made the airport the leader in cargo for all of the state’s public airports, a new report from the N.C. Department of Transportation shows.

The final phase of the 2013 tax overhaul takes effect in tax year 2019. The state’s personal income tax rate will drop from 5.499 percent to 5.25 percent, while the corporate tax rate sees a bigger decline, from 3 percent to 2.5 percent, the lowest rate in the country among states that impose a corporate income tax.