Jacksonville auto dealer picked for N.C. Board of Transportation (News and Observer)
Michael K. Alford, a Jacksonville auto dealer, is Gov. Bev Perdue’s 11th pick for a vacant seat on the state Board of Transportation.
Once his name is reviewed by members of a legislative oversight committee, Alford is expected to take an at-large seat dedicated […]
Saffo weighing state Senate run (Wilmington Star News)
Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo has an important decision to make over eggnog this holiday season.
Saffo said Wednesday he’ll decide between Christmas and New Year’s – after talking it over with family members – whether he wants to try to take his political career to Raleigh.
Saffo said he’s had […]
America’s Top Ten Transportation Topics for 2010 (AASHTO Press Release)
As America enters a new decade, what will be the buzz about transportation? Clearly a safe, efficient, and viable transportation network should be at the forefront of issues facing policymakers at all levels of government and in all areas of our society in the coming months. […]
34 Contracts Totaling More Than $107 Million Awarded for Highway Projects Across North Carolina (Press Release)
Includes 13 funded through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that 34 contracts totaling more than $107 million have been awarded for highway and bridge projects across North Carolina, including 13 projects funded through the […]
Census: N.C. grew by 134,000 residents in 12 months, third-highest in nation (Triangle Business Journal)
North Carolina’s population grew by 134,000 in the 12 months from July 1, 2008, the third largest gain of residents in the country.
Only Texas, with an increase of 478,000 residents, and California with an increase of 381,000 people were ahead […]
A 2010 agenda (Charlotte Observer)
In many respects 2009 was the worst year of the worst decade in memory for North Carolinians. It was especially brutal in Charlotte, a city that once thought itself immune to financial reversals. In a state once known for its late entry and early recovery from recessions, the economic toll of […]
It’s time for Basnight’s long Senate reign to end (Winston Salem Journal)
Dare County legislator should allow new leadership to emerge.
During the days when legislators could legally enjoy Raleigh’s nightlife on lobbyists’ credit cards, Sen. Marc Basnight would rarely participate. More likely, Basnight and his entourage would eat at an out-of-the-way restaurant, usually rotating the tab […]
Advisers scour state for savings (News and Observer)
RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue, faced with the deepest budget crisis in decades when she took office, assembled a group of outside experts and asked them to put North Carolina state government under a microscope and to report back how it could be improved – and how money […]
N.C. builds a better rap sheet (News and Observer)
RALEIGH — Wake County prosecutor Patrick Latour can search a defendant’s criminal history through either of two computer programs. The difference is like switching between Pong and a Wii.
The current system presents page after page of dizzying white letters and numbers on a black background requiring complicated, […]
DOT: No inherent risk in parallel highway bridges (WRAL.com)
Raleigh, N.C. — The state Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that an investigation found no inherent safety risk in the design of the Interstate 440 bridge where a Raleigh man fell to his death last month.
Raleigh police said Carroll Lee Eames Jr., 33, of Willow Spring, stopped […]
