RALEIGH, N.C. House Democrats voted Tuesday to keep outgoing Speaker Joe Hackney as their leader although they’ve been reduced to the minority as Republicans are poised to control the chamber alone for the first time in 12 years.
Democrats elected to the House last month met privately Tuesday at the Legislative Building and voted unanimously for […]
Nationwide demand for mass transit steadily grew in the decade prior to 2008 and transit ridership reached record highs that year, concludes a recently released Government Accountability Office report. This increased demand for services presents both opportunities and challenges in the years ahead.
“Population growth and other factors are likely to increase future ridership demand, but […]
The Republicans are about to shrink the House committee structure.
House Speaker-Elect Thom Tillis said the GOP caucus plans to shrink the number of House committees by one third when it takes over in January.
He said a caucus committee has been looking at the committee structure and has found the North Carolina House has more committees […]
State Sen. Martin Nesbitt will be his chamber’s minority leader next session.
Senate Democrats, who will be in the minority for the first time in more than 100 years, chose the Asheville Democrat in a unanimous vote during a closed-door meeting this afternoon.
Nesbitt, who has been the majority leader for about a year, said he was […]
Gov. Beverly Perdue said Monday that she had considered calling lawmakers into a special session early next month to seek emergency budgetary powers, but decided against the move due to potential costs. Perdue said it was hard to justify the $1 million per day it costs to have the legislature in session. “Someone would have to […]
Former state Rep. Bill Daughtridge of Rocky Mount has been named interim chief of staff during the transition period for the House Republicans by incoming Speaker Thom Tillis.Daughtridge, a three-term lawmaker, and was the Republican nominee for state treasurer in 2008 losing to Democrat Janet Cowell.
“Bill has already hit the ground running by participating in […]
Gov. Bev Perdue held a “no holds barred” roundtable discussion Tuesday at the Richmond Community College Diane Honeycutt Center with county leaders and merchants about state issues ranging from jobs to taxes.
John Cooley, a county commissioner and the owner of Cooley’s Nursery, spoke to Perdue in both capacities as he called on the governor to […]
| The House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping $1.2 trillion continuing resolution that keeps federal transportation funding afloat through September of 2011.
The current surface transportation extension for SAFETEA-LU, one of several since the act officially ran its course in September of 2009, is set to expire at the end of this […] Budget gap pegged at closer to $4 billion (News and Observer)Is it $3.2 billion? $3.5 billion? The budget hole state politicians will try to fill next year may be bigger than commonly reported. A new report from the National Conference of State Legislatures on budget conditions in the 50 states and Puerto Rico puts the hole North Carolina is facing at more than $3.8 billion, or 20.3 […] Foxx on Charlotte: We’re hanging on (Charlotte Post )Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx’s first State of the City address was part pep talk, part lobbying. Foxx said Charlotte has faced many challenges, but has shown its ability to push forward and thrive in the face of economic adversity. “In fact, I cannot think of another city in the United States that has had such success over […]   |