Region will lose legislative power (Washington Daily News)
Population reports suggest that portions of eastern North Carolina will lose legislative strength in 2011 — an unwelcome reduction in power to a region already struggling to stay ahead of the economic curve.
This is a likelihood that some local officials fear could place areas like Beaufort County at […]
State may build rail line in northeast Charlotte (Charlotte Observer)
State transportation officials will hold a public meeting tonight at University Meadows Elementary School to discuss changes that could speed rail travel between Charlotte and Raleigh, but also cause the closing of several crossings in northeast Charlotte and the Harrisburg area.
The N.C. Department of Transportation is […]
New highway program needs to be comprehensive, forward thinking, LaHood says (The Trucker News Services)
Regional and local transportation authorities must be empowered to invest in all kinds of projects, LaHood told the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today called on Congress to pass what he called […]
LaHood rescinds Bush transit spending restrictions (News and Observer)
WASHINGTON Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Wednesday rescinded Bush administration restrictions on federal transit grants so that a wider range of projects will be eligible and local transit systems will receive money faster.
LaHood told a conference of transportation officials and researchers that the Obama administration wants greater […]
Goodall won’t run again; takes lobby job (The Enquirer-Journal)
N.C. Sen. Eddie Goodall, R-Union, announced he would not seek reelection for his senate seat one day after N.C. Rep. Curtis Blackwood, R-Union, announced he would not seek reelection for the N.C. House.
Goodall and Blackwood said they did not collaborate on their decisions and it was just […]
Blackwood won’t seek fifth term (The Enquirer-Journal)
Curtis Blackwood announced Thursday he will not run for a fifth term as representative of North Carolina’s District 68.
“Having spent over 10 percent of my life here in Raleigh, and believing in term limits, I have consulted with my family and believe that it is time to move […]
Albertson bows out (News and Observer)
State Sen. Charlie Albertson will not run for re-election.
His decision creates another seat left open by a departing veteran Democrat.
Albertson, 78, will have spent 22 years in the legislature when his term ends. He was elected to two House terms before winning election to the Senate.
Veteran Senate […]
More time for family (News and Observer)
State Rep. Carolyn Justus won’t run for re-election.
Justus, a Henderson County Republican, served as a legislative aide to her husband, the late Rep. Larry Justus, and was appointed to fill his seat after he died in 2002. She has been re-elected every two years since.
Justus said she would miss […]
Officials await federal word on I-85 Yadkin bridge funds (Lexington Dispatch)
AAA Carolinas recently rated the Interstate 85 bridge over the Yadkin River as the sixth worst in the state, a bump up from last year when it ranked eighth.
In 2009, efforts by Davidson and Rowan county officials and Gov. Beverly Perdue sparked the hope that […]
Grady not seeking re-election to state office (Jacksonville Daily News)
Long-time state Rep. Robert Grady announced Thursday that he plans to run for Onslow County Clerk of Court instead of seeking re-election to the General Assembly.
“Serving the people of Onslow County in the State House has been a part of my life for the past 24 […]
