Public employees’ files not all open yet (Charlotte Observer)
City seeks ruling that could limit access to personnel records under new sunshine law.
Good-government advocates hoped a new law this month would crack open North Carolina’s secretive old law on releasing personnel records for public employees.
But the city of Charlotte is among five state or municipal entities […]
Lawmakers get ideas on reducing recidivism (WRAL.com)
Within three years of getting out of prison, ex-convicts are 36 to 40 percent more likely to commit another crime, Attorney General Roy Cooper told lawmakers Wednesday.
Cooper addressed the Joint Select Committee on Ex-Offender Reintegration into Society, a group of House and Senate members that is developing a […]
Perdue plans government consolidation (WRAL.com)
Facing a projected $3 billion budget deficit next year, Gov. Beverly Perdue said Tuesday that plans are in the works to consolidate state agencies and sell government assets to save money.
Perdue has pushed for more government efficiency since taking office last year, appointing a special task force to search for ways […]
N.C. Metropolitan Mayors Coalition Begins Work on 2011 Advocacy Agenda
Mayors focus on crime, transportation, biotechnology and local revenues
September 24, 2010
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The N.C. Metropolitan Mayors Coalition met Thursday and Friday in Asheville to begin building their advocacy agenda for the 2011 General Assembly Session. The adopted agenda is focused on crime, transportation, […]
Mayors coalition sets agenda (Salisbury Post)
A coalition of mayors from the state’s largest cities has set a legislative agenda for 2011, and Salisbury Mayor Susan Kluttz says local residents will benefit.
The N.C. Metropolitan Mayors Coalition has a proven track record since 2001, said Kluttz, who is the longest-serving mayor in the group and vice chairperson.
“This […]
Drawing Battle Lines (WUNC) (Redistricting Story)
Eric Hodge: In January, lawmakers will start work on redistricting – the process of dividing the state into 120 House districts, 50 senate districts, and 13 congressional districts. It happens every ten years, after the U.S. census. It’s very complex, and very political, and next month’s elections […]
Kienitz: Administration Won’t Unveil Its Proposal Until February (AASHTO)
The Obama administration plans to release detailed proposals for a surface transportation reauthorization bill and national infrastructure bank with the Fiscal Year 2012 budget in February 2011, a top U.S. Department of Transportation official told reporters Tuesday after a Senate hearing.
Roy Kienitz, undersecretary for policy […]
USDOT Receives Applications Worth 32 Times the Available Funds (AASHTO)
Nearly 1,000 transportation grant applications were submitted from every state and territory for more than $19 billion worth of projects, far exceeding the $600 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery dollars the U.S. Department of Transportation can award for round two of this program, […]
N.C. mayors chart strategy in Asheville (Asheville Citizen Times)
Lt. Gov. Dalton touts education, transportation
ASHEVILLE — Mayors of the 26 largest cities in the state, including Mayor Terry Bellamy, plotted legislative strategy here Thursday and prodded Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton on their top issues.
Dalton addressed members of the N.C. Mayors’ Coalition, whose cities hold more than […]
NC mayors meet in Asheville, seek to protect revenues (Asheville Citizen Times)
ASHEVILLE — State legislators should not push their budget problems off onto North Carolina cities and towns, mayors of the state’s largest municipalities said at the end of a two-day conference here Friday.
Revenues sent on to local governments are a traditional target in the […]
