It appears from public records that Norfolk Southern Railway wanted, figuratively speaking, to tie North Carolina to the tracks in a test of nerves during negotiations over $461 million in federal grants that will greatly improve passenger rail service in the state and create almost 5,000 jobs for designers and construction workers.
The freight railroad is […]
RALEIGH Two years ago, Ric Killian was dodging mortar rounds as an Army Reserve officer based near Baghdad.
Now the Charlotte Republican has been taking fire – some from friendly forces – in the General Assembly.
Killian’s third term in the N.C. House is his highest-profile yet, elevated by his party’s rise to power and his own […]
RALEIGH (MCT) — Gov. Bev Perdue regrets having to ask, but counties including Wake should have to spend more on their own operations — even if that means dipping into the $2 billion in fund balances they hold collectively, a spokeswoman said Monday.
Not so fast, furious members of the Wake County Board of Commissioners said […]
Perhaps it’s a tea-party moment, who knows? But Charlotte state Rep. Ric Killian seems to be taking an ideological stance against more federal spending on railroads even though the $461 million coming to North Carolina in federal stimulus funds would benefit his own constituents. It also would employ, a representative of general contractors in the […]
RALEIGH — Most of the military personnel deployed from North Carolina bases during the U.S. Census were tallied for other parts of the country, denying the state a congressional seat and future tax dollars, according to an Associated Press review.
The Census usually counts troops at the base where they live and work, but the government […]
Because of growth during the past decade, New Hanover County is almost certain to be split between two state Senate districts as a result of the once-a-decade redrawing of state legislative districts.
“It’s going to probably be a two-county cluster. That’s the law,” said Sen. Bob Rucho, R-Mecklenburg, chairman of the Senate Redistricting Committee, which met […]
RALEIGH, N.C. The first legislative committee meeting to consider North Carolina’s once-a-decade redistricting was marked by House delays and complaints by Senate Democrats the deck was being stacked against them by the Republican majority.
The House didn’t participate Wednesday in what was billed a joint House-Senate committee meetings because its members were […]
Lawmakers concerned about cost are considering rejecting federal funds to improve high-speed passenger train service between Charlotte and Raleigh. The House Transportation Committee began debate Tuesday on a measure to bar the state Transportation Department from accepting $460 million in federal funds unless the Republican-led General Assembly approves. Newly elected Republican governors in Florida, Wisconsin […]
Despite the bursting of the dot.com bubble in 2000 and the Great Recession 10 years later, the Triangle continued to attract tens of thousands of newcomers a year. The area is now home to about 1.6 million people, according to census numbers released Wednesday.
The numbers show that the six-county Triangle region added about 400,000 residents, roughly […]
