New roads chief wades into old fight (Charlotte Observer)

New roads chief wades into old fight (Charlotte Observer)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2009

North Carolina Transportation Secretary Gene Conti, in Charlotte Wednesday afternoon, offered his thoughts on the much-maligned equity formula that distributes highway dollars.??”There is evidence that it’s helped rural NC develop faster,” said Conti, speaking to the Charlotte Regional Alliance for Transportation. “In […]

2017-05-24T08:56:40+00:00August 11th, 2009|

WNC gets less stimulus while better-off eastern NC fares well (Asheville Citizen Times)

WNC gets less stimulus while better-off eastern NC fares well (Asheville Citizen Times)
August 2, 2009
Joel Burgess and Michael McGlone

High hopes surrounded the field in central McDowell County where an overgrown blackberry patch overlooks Interstate 40. County officials wanted federal stimulus money to help build a road and turn the land into an industrial park. Manufacturing […]

2017-05-24T08:56:40+00:00August 11th, 2009|

Governments fear losing business tax (Richmond County Daily Journal)

Governments fear losing business tax (Richmond County Daily Journal)

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Staff and Wire ReportsMunicipal governments may lose one means of taxing local businesses in this year’s state budget.

The privilege license tax is collected through a fee businesses pay to do business in a municipal government’s jurisdiction.

As the House and Senate haggle over what to do […]

2017-05-24T08:56:40+00:00August 11th, 2009|
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