Beltway delay (Winston Salem JOURNAL EDITORIAL)
Aprioritization process for urban-loop projects that state officials are proposing could well put Forsyth County’s long-awaited Northern Beltway near, or at, the bottom of the list of projects competing for funds. Area residents should urge the N.C. Department of Transportation to adjust the process so that it allows projects like […]
Liquor law changes approved by NC house panel (Associated Press)
RALEIGH, N.C. — Local ABC boards would have to meet financial and customer service standards in its liquor sales or they could face closure, and all its members would be subject to a gift ban and other ethics rules in legislation approved Tuesday by a state […]
A tale of two counties (The Washington Post) (Collective Bargaining story)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY has just completed a nightmarish budget year. Stressed, squabbling and besieged elected officials savaged services and programs and jacked up taxes to eliminate an eye-popping deficit of almost $1 billion in a $4.3 billion spending plan. Meanwhile, across the Potomac River in Fairfax […]
RALEIGH – Perhaps Harry Reid may think better of the idea.
Or, maybe not.
In late April , the leader of the U.S. Senate re-introduced a bill that would force states to negotiate with unions for police, firefighters and other emergency workers.
The move prompted a flurry of activity from business and municipal […]
Local officials please mobility fund in N.C. budget draft (Durham Herald Sun)
DURHAM — Local officials are pleased that N.C. House members included in their draft of the state’s fiscal 2010-11 budget a version of the “mobility fund” Gov. Beverly Perdue wants to set up to underwrite major road and transit projects.
House members would seed the […]
New Report Examines Gasoline Tax Proposals in Various States (AASHTO)
The success or failure of state-level plans to increase gas taxes can be tied to how the media covers those proposals, concludes a recently released report from the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center. The report examines six states — Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, […]
Mass. launches green transportation initiative (Bloomberg Business Week)
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is stepping up its efforts to go green.
Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Mullan announced Wednesday the “GreenDOT” campaign aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, promoting healthy transportation alternatives and supporting smart growth development.
Under GreenDOT, the transportation department will incorporate sustainability into all of its activities, […]
North Carolina Turnpike Authority merges into N.C. Department of Transportation
Call it the government version of a merger: The staff of the North Carolina Turnpike Authority got new bosses on June 1 as their integration into the North Carolina Department of Transportation kicked into a higher gear.
The turnpike, which is responsible for building toll roads in […]
States find road and bridge money hard to come by (Stateline)
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline Staff Writer
This is the third in a series of stories looking at actions taken in state legislatures this year.
South Dakota Transportation Secretary Darin Bergquist delivered grim news to lawmakers last summer: Money to fix and build roads […]
Mayor Knight forwarded me this presentation by Dr. Harry Davis, an economist at ASU, entitled National and State Economies.
