Seeking compromise, Senate panel delays vote on signs bill.
In Charlotte, the bill would reduce the space between digital billboards from 2,000 feet to 1,500 feet.
Critics say it could add thousands of distracting digital billboards to N.C. roadways, clear-cut trees and strip Charlotte and other local governments of the power to regulate their own landscapes.
Supporters call […]
Foxx: Obama focus is jobs (Charlotte Observer)
After Tuesday’s vote in Massachusetts, the Obama administration appeared to step up its emphasis on getting Americans back to work, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx said this morning.
Foxx met with officials during the U.S. Conference of Mayors conference in Washington.
Voters in Massachusetts said concern over the economy and frustration […]
The Mayors’ Message to Washington: Funnel Aid Through the Cities (Politics Daily)
In a week when attention was paid to politics and partisanship on a national level, mayors meeting with President Obama and cabinet officials were preoccupied with concerns closer to home like unemployment and the economy.
It’s not that results from the Senate race in Massachusetts […]
US Transportation Secretary Urges Swift Passage Of Jobs Plan (Down Jones Newswires)
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called Thursday for “swift passage” of a jobs-creation package in Congress to bring down double-digit unemployment figures.
LaHood said he met in the morning with Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.), the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, to press for the package to […]
House Approves $154 Billion Job Bill (The Wall Street Journal)
The House approved a $154 billion package aimed at stimulating the labor market with a combination of infrastructure projects, aid to states and funding for several safety-net programs.
The bill passed late Wednesday on a 217-212 vote, with no Republicans voting for the plan. The hastily assembled […]
Obama Focuses on Jobs, Infrastructure, Energy Rebates (Wall Street Journal)
‘Urgent Need’ to Boost Job Growth in Short-Term, President Says
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama proposed small business tax cuts, home retrofits and infrastructure investment as ways to accelerate job growth Tuesday, saying more programs are needed to boost the weak labor market and ensure the recovery […]
Stimulus put 5,510 to work on road projects in N.C. in October, says NCDOT (Triangle Business Journal)
Transportation stimulus payroll dolled out in North Carolina in October rose by 23 percent compared to the previous month, according to data compiled by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
Contractors paid $5.3 million to 5,510 employees who worked […]
Highway money on states’ radar (Stateline.org)
States are hoping that a job-creating initiative to be outlined by President Obama on Tuesday (Dec. 8) will include billions of dollars for infrastructure projects. Meanwhile, recession-worn Michigan may be ineligible for $475 million in federal highway money next year because it can’t find $84 million in matching state funds. […]
