Perdue to outline her plan on budget ( News & Observer)

RALEIGH Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue plans to introduce her plans for revamping state government this week, getting a jump on the Republican legislature that will take office in January.

After talking for several months about remaking state government to deal with the projected $3.5 billion shortfall, Perdue will announce her plans before a regional Chamber of […]

2017-05-24T08:56:22+00:00December 8th, 2010|

A Whole New Name Game: Parks, Transit, Schools Consider Corporate Monikers in Bid to Plug Budget Gaps (Wall Street Journal)

Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter flew into orbit nearly 50 years ago. Now, he could be grounded in his native Boulder, Colo.

Scott Carpenter Park could be renamed if a company or wealthy donor makes a good offer, as Boulder prepares to follow other municipalities that are selling naming rights to bridge budget gaps.

Sports complexes, hospitals and […]

2017-05-24T08:56:22+00:00December 7th, 2010|

In spring, mayor will decide about 6th run (News and Observer)

Since the midterm elections, local chatter has shifted from state and national elections to next year’s local races. Dispelling, at least for now, rumors that he won’t seek an unprecedented sixth term as mayor, Meeker said he’ll decide in April or May whether he’ll try to continue to lead the Capital City.

Meeker and Avery Upchurch, […]

2010-12-06T08:42:18+00:00December 6th, 2010|

Deficit Commission: Raise the Gas Tax. And Soon. (Transportation Nation)

 (Washington, D.C. — ) The president’s deficit commission is taking aim at the Highway Trust Fund in its quest to take a hatchet to federal spending and debt.

The report from the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform–out just this morning on Capitol Hill–calls for $3.8 trillion in deficit reduction by 2020. It’s a downright […]

2010-12-03T11:26:36+00:00December 3rd, 2010|

House GOP Caucus begins staffing up (News & Observer)

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 […]

2010-12-02T17:11:52+00:00December 2nd, 2010|

Tom Apodaca: (See comments on annexation, eminent domain, and local sales tax) (Asheville Citizen Times)

State Sen. Tom Apodaca, who will head the Senate’s powerful Rules Committee when the General Assembly reconvenes in late January, said Republicans likely will consider controversial budget-slashing solutions such as mergers of county and city school systems and cuts in education system administrative positions.

That could have a direct impact on Buncombe and Asheville, which have […]

2017-05-24T08:56:22+00:00December 1st, 2010|

GOP gets jump-start on power in Raleigh (Charlotte Observer)

The legislature’s new leaders prepare for tough work to bridge the budget shortfall.

RALEIGH Republican lawmakers are busy preparing for their historic transfer of power, taking a series of steps aimed at both confronting a projected $3.5 billion budget shortfall as well as mastering the mechanics of running a branch of government that has been in […]

2017-05-24T08:56:22+00:00December 1st, 2010|

Gov. Perdue says universities must rely on private support (Wilmington Star News)

During a tour and discussion Monday afternoon at the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Marine Sciences building, Gov. Bev Perdue stressed that although the university system is still key to the state’s economic growth, the private sector is going to have to fill some of the budget shortfalls.

“We have to have the private sector come […]

2010-12-01T08:47:33+00:00December 1st, 2010|
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