HARRISBURG — Should Pennsylvania decide to overhaul its transportation infrastructure, chances are it won’t involve adding to a heap of state debt.
But its options are limited.
GARVEE bonds, short for grant anticipation revenue vehicles, offer states upfront funding for construction projects. The borrowing happens in anticipation of future federal aid, acting as an advance of federal […]
Transportation officials have announced that within the next year contractors will pave the last 8 miles of state-maintained dirt and gravel roads in Forsyth County. For the past 20 years, Department of Transportation workers have slowly but surely been on a road-paving mission. The effort began in 1989, started by then-Gov. Jim Martin and lawmakers […]
North Carolina cities, which have enjoyed broad annexation powers for more than five decades, will have a harder time absorbing surrounding areas thanks to a new state law the legislature approved in May.
Before the new law took effect, North Carolina cities were allowed to amass unincorporated territory even over the objections of the […]
Threat of legal battle with environmentalists prompts end of permit requests
The proposed Garden Parkway in Gaston County suffered a significant setback this week, when the state said it would withdraw applications for two environmental permits needed to build the toll road.
The N.C. Department of Transportation, in a July 10 letter, said the threat of litigation […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Rep. Harold Brubaker, the first and only Republican House speaker of the 20th century and most recently the chamber’s senior budget-writer, announced Thursday he’s retiring from the General Assembly immediately.
Brubaker, from Randolph County, said he was stepping down from his seat a week after the short budget-adjustment session ended. Republican leaders in […]
Welcome to Triangle Business Journal’s inaugural “The Triangle’s Most Influential Business Leaders” list.
The 100 names for this list were chosen by the TBJ editors after going through hundreds of names across various sectors that fall under the general coverage guidelines of this newspaper.
A special feature relating to these 100 individuals will be published in our […]
EDEN — The Republican remolding of North Carolina state government is essentially two years in, with elections coming in November to determine whether voters want more of what it’s brought.
The Republicans who won historic legislative majorities in both the House and Senate in 2010 have made good on many of their campaign promises.
Republicans cut the […]
Gov Bev Perdue’s veto Friday of the proposed $20.2 billion state budget leaves schools, courts and college students on scholarships facing an uncertainty they haven’t experienced in years.
The impasse between the Democratic governor and the Republican-led legislature may mean lawmakers will finish work in a few days without putting a revised budget in place.
Perdue […]
State Department of Transportation employees in Haywood County wasted thousands of dollars through poor management, questionable purchases and possibly outright fraud, a state report released Friday says.
An investigative report by the Office of State Auditor found $3.7 million in cost overruns on a highway project, $107,000 in questionable overtime payments to two employees and $31,427 […]
PINETOPS — Ask Lisa Moseley to describe the economy in this rural North Carolina town, and she’s quick with an answer. Without taking the cigarette from her lips, she spits a word not fit for print.
A moment later, her co-worker joins her outside the side door to Pat’s Salon and Spa for a smoke. Inside, […]
