RALEIGH – Among the factors inhibiting economic recovery in major areas of North Carolina is a lack of adequate, uncongested highway service. If policymakers could free up the traffic flow in these areas, they’d be more attractive places to create, relocate, or expand businesses.
But adding lanes, fixing bridges, and building new highways will cost money. […]
CREEDMOOR, N.C. — As state officials study the impact of oil and natural gas exploration in North Carolina, some area cities and towns are adopting ordinances to get ahead of the issue.
The Creedmoor City Council recently unanimously passed an ordinance to ban a controversial method of gas drilling known as hydraulic fracturing within the city […]
From the office of Rep. Chuck McGrady, a Republican member of the state legislature from Hendersonville:
The North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition presented Rep. Chuck McGrady with its Legislative Award in recognition for his outstanding work on behalf of local government during the 2011 Legislative Session of the North Carolina General Assembly. The award was presented […]
(NEWS RELEASE) — North Carolina State Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger is defending the recent grassroots victory over forced municipal annexation. Senator Berger has informed the mayors of several cities and the North Carolina League of Municipalities that should the cities continue to fight this new law in court, the General Assembly – which […]
We have little sympathy for two appeals, by Fayetteville and five other cities, of the legislature’s recent curbs on involuntary annexation. Fayetteville’s was especially ill-advised. But the real travesty now is Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger’s threat against the litigants.
Unless the cities drop their appeals, Berger warned in a letter to the six mayors […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina voters may never feel more loved — or pestered — in 2012 by politicians and others anxious to persuade them on electoral choices.
The state is on the cusp of an unparalleled year in politics, anchored by the Democratic National Convention gathering in Charlotte in September, when President Barack Obama will […]
When state lawmakers were sworn into office in January, Democrats no longer held legislative power in North Carolina.
For the first time in over a century, Republicans would control the state’s purse strings and its chief policymaking apparatus. The GOP wasted little time in letting folks know that it was a new day in Raleigh.
Within weeks, […]
The North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition has given state Rep. Chuck McGrady its 2011 Legislative Award for his work on behalf of local government.
Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy presented the award at the coalition’s December meeting in Charlotte, citing McGrady’s success in protecting local government decision-making on billboards in Senate Bill 183.
McGrady offered an amendment to […]
WASHINGTON — US mayors sounded an alarm Thursday over deepening economic woes after a survey of 29 cities from Los Angeles to Washington showed worrying rises in homelessness and poverty-related food aid.
“Here is the richest country in the world (and) we have people who cannot find a place to live,” said Kansas City Mayor Sly […]
About 150 elected officials and public employees from Charlotte to Mooresville and every town in between got a look Tuesday at a new plan to build a commuter rail, despite a lack of federal funds. It’s called the “Red Line” and the current scheme to pay for it would be a first in North Carolina.
Half […]
