Struggles with unemployment, banks and a housing market slump can’t keep people away from Charlotte — the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday ranked it one of the fastest-growing cities in the country.
From mid-2010 to mid-2011, Charlotte’s population increased by more than 19,600, ranking it ninth in gains in raw numbers among all cities nationwide.
The new […]
Rep. Danny McComas says he hopes that there is still time during the current legislative session to extend the state’s film tax incentives. McComas, D-New Hanover, said extending the credit could help North Carolina score the sequel to Marvel Studios’ 2011 film “Captain America: The First Avenger.” The production company, he said, is pushing for […]
Time appears to have run out for a bill to regulate and tax video sweepstakes in North Carolina. House Speaker Thom Tillis said he doesn’t believe there will be time to take up a bill giving legal sanction to the games. The legislation was discussed for a second straight day in the House Finance Committee […]
A House committee gave its OK to legislation that would prohibit state and local government tax collectors from hiring private tax auditors who are paid based on the taxes assessed. Bill supporters told members of the House Commerce and Job Development Committee that tax auditing based on contingency awards encourages aggressive and unfair assessments on […]
The tug-of-war between the executive and legislative branches over the state budget continued on Wednesday, with legislative leaders threatening to leave town without adjusting the two-year budget if a veto occurs and it cannot be overridden. House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate leader Phil Berger downplayed the effects of the additional spending called for by […]
Increased ferry tolls would be delayed yet again under a provision contained in a budget technical corrections bill tentatively approved by the House. The ferry toll issue, after receiving substantial debate over budgets passed this year and last, wasn’t even mentioned during House floor debate on Wednesday night. It remains unclear whether the Senate will […]
The public is invited to an informational session Tuesday on the “Moving Mooresville Forward 2017” initiative, sponsored by the Town of Mooresville, the Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber of Commerce and the Mooresville-South Iredell Economic Development Corporation.
The session is from 9-11 a.m. at the Charles Mack Citizen Center.
The initiative began last summer as community business and non-profit […]
In the 1950s, the five-story brick Asheville Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina, started to fall into decline, presaging what would happen to most of the city’s downtown over the next couple of decades. A department store moved into the ground floor while everything above it sat empty. Then the building got one of those ugly […]
The rush to reach agreement on a city budget led to an awkward encounter between Mayor Anthony Foxx and Councilman Andy Dulin Thursday.
Mayor Foxx met with members of the media to outline the city’s capital needs.
Following the presentation, WBTV’s Melissa Hankins was interviewing Republican Councilman Andy Dulin to get his thoughts on what should be […]
Townhouses and single-family homes are sprouting on old industrial sites in the heart of Southern California cities. In Florida, developers are coveting foreclosed golf courses in urban centers to put up new subdivisions. Builders in Texas are going after available land even near landfills for residential and retail development.
Why are the giants of the building […]
