RALEIGH A state legislator from Winston-Salem wants to require companies that do business with the state to disclose their historical ties to slavery. Under a bill sponsored by Rep. Larry Womble, companies entering into contracts with the state would have to search their corporate records for evidence that they participated in slavery or profited from it. A company would have to publicly disclose any records of ties to slavery, including the names of any enslaved workers or slaveholders contained in the records. "History gives a true reflection of how our country got started," Womble said. His bill deals only with...