21 Contracts Totaling More Than $50 Million Awarded for Highway Projects Across North Carolina

RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that 21 contracts totaling $50.8 million have been awarded for highway and bridge projects across North Carolina, including eight projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The contracts were awarded by the N.C. […]

N.C.’s metro mayors say stimulus money divided unequally
By Jennifer Moxley
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CONCORD, N.C. — For the first time, mayors across North Carolina were in the same room to discuss how the state spends money on roads.

Gov. Beverly Perdue signed into law Thursday a bill that would […]

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Mayor Bell Advocates for Regional Light Rail (Durham Magazine)
by Lisa Rossi

Voters might be asked to approve a sales tax next year if they want a light rail to connect Durham, Orange and Wake counties, Durham Mayor Bill Bell said in an interview this week.

He said it could take until November […]

Perdue to attend Salisbury public safety summit (SalisburyPost.com)

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 3:00 AM
By Mark Wineka
mwineka@salisburypost.com

Perdue to attend Salisbury public safety summit
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Salisbury will be the host Aug. 28 for a statewide summit on public safety.

The summit, called “Seamless Solutions to Urban Crime,” will be held […]

Stimulus tends to shortchange cities (N&O)
BY STEVE HARRISON AND BRUCE SICELOFF, McClatchy Newspapers

North Carolina's stimulus checkbook shows that rural counties have benefited more than urban counties on a per-person basis, with Wake and other populous counties getting less than an average share.
Federal funds allocated through June 30 under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act add […]

Mecklenburg County lags in share of stimulus (Charlotte Observer)
N.C.'s largest county ranks near the bottom in spending per person

By Steve Harrison
sharrison@charlotteobserver.com

North Carolina's stimulus checkbook shows that rural counties have benefited more than urban counties, on a per-person basis, with Mecklenburg's share lagging.

Mecklenburg has so far received $246 per person in federal stimulus […]

Stimulus money goes where the people aren't (NYT)

BY MICHAEL COOPER AND GRIFF PALMER – THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: Thu, Jul. 09, 2009 04:53AM

Two-thirds of the U.S. population lives in large metropolitan areas, home to the nation's worst traffic jams and some of its oldest roads and bridges. But cities and their surrounding regions are getting […]

Cities fear loss of privilege tax (N&O)
BY MARK SCHULTZ, Staff writer

CHAPEL HILL – Local governments are watching anxiously as state lawmakers consider eliminating one of their revenue streams. It's called the privilege license tax, a fee that businesses pay for the privilege of operating within a local government's jurisdiction.

Some lawmakers say the state needs to […]