Wilson resigns from turnpike board (News & Observer)
Lanny Wilson is sworn in to testify at a State Board of Elections hearing in October on possible campaign violations by former Gov. Mike Easley and the state Democratic Party.
Lanny Wilson, a Wilmington developer and lawyer who resigned last week from the State Board of Transportation, notified the […]
Whose Running and Whose Not – North Carolina General Assembly (North Carolina FreeEnterprise Foundation)
America’s 75 Worst Commutes (The Daily Beast)
They are the highways to hell in the country’s most gridlocked cities. The Daily Beast crunches the numbers to determine your ultimate morning nightmares. How did your commute rank?
Bumper-to-bumper traffic is America’s collective nightmare, and like the movie Groundhog Day it repeats on a daily basis.
Congestion consumes billions of […]
Perdue’s chief of staff leaving (News and Observer)
Zach Ambrose, Gov. Bev Perdue’s chief of staff, is leaving her administration.
Ambrose has worked for Perdue since 2005 when she was lieutenant governor. He ran her gubernatorial campaign, was a key leader of her transition team and has run her office for the first year in which the […]
Wilson resigns from DOT board (News and Observer)
Lanny Wilson, the fundraiser and developer who was once on the short list to run the state transportation department, has resigned his position on the transportation board.
Wilson, a Wilmington developer, was a key money man for the campaigns of former Gov. Mike Easley and Gov. Bev Perdue. He […]
No commitment from President Obama on $500 billion transportation bill (The Hill)
President Barack Obama has yet to back a $500 billion transportation bill that Democrats plan to move early this year.
During a closed-door session with the entire House Democratic Caucus, Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.), the chief sponsor of the transportation reauthorization measure, pressed Obama […]
City of Raleigh Partners in the Development of a Roof-Top Solar Array (NCSEA)
The City of Raleigh has partnered with Progress Energy and Carolina Solar Energy for the development of a solar array on the E.M. Johnson Water Treatment Plant located at the corner of Falls of the Neuse and Raven Ridge Roads in north Raleigh. […]
Senate changes again; GOP has new issue (Charlotte Observer)
The decision of nine-term state Sen. Charlie Albertson, D-Duplin, to step down after this term ends continues the march of Democrats out of the legislature — and adds to the speculation that Republicans will capture a number of Democratic seats and take over the Senate next […]
Colorado pols woo federal transportation chief and his department’s dollars (Denver Post)
Colorado politicians were very nice to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on his visit Friday to Denver.
With good reason.
LaHood’s department is weighing whether to funnel more than $1.5 billion from a variety of federal programs to transportation projects around the state.
The Regional Transportation District […]
New Transit-Funding Rules Make Streetcars More Desirable (Wall Street Journal)
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration said it was revamping rules on federal transit funding to funnel more of the money to streetcars, bus routes and other projects that promote “livability.”
The new policy announced Wednesday, part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to use transportation and […]
