The state’s first toll road will cost as little as 15 cents per mile and as much as 24 cents per mile to drive, state Turnpike Authority officials said Thursday. When it’s complete, the Triangle Expressway will run 18.8 miles from Morrisville to Holly Springs, and the Turnpike Authority has designed it so that all […]
In an era of doomsday government budgets and looming layoffs of public employees, it’s unusual to see a bipartisan bill submitted to give a class of property owners a tax break, but in this case we have to agree it’s an appropriate measure.
Republican state Sen. Pete Brunstetter and Sen. Linda Garrou, a Democrat, co-sponsored a […]
The fastest-growing congressional district- Mecklenburg’s 9th-is likely to be split
The single fastest-growing districts in North Carolina’s congressional, state Senate and state House are in the Charlotte area.
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The 9th District, which includes southern Mecklenburg and parts of Gaston and Union counties, grew almost 38 percent – more than any of the state’s 12 other congressional districts.Lawmakers […]
The House gave final approval Wednesday to two bill repealing local annexations approved by town councils in Kinston and Lexington. The bills, approved in votes of 71-46 and 70-46, now move to the Senate for consideration. Rep. William Wainwright, D-Craven, raised objections to the bill for a second day. Citing a state constitutional provision prohibiting […]
North Carolina’s budget problems are due in part to the state overestimating its potential revenue, according to a new study. The study by economists at the Pew Center on the States and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute found that North Carolina had one of the least-accurate estimates of any state in 2009 – projecting revenues […]
Lawmakers were sending mixed messages on video gambling with two bills filed Wednesday. Rep. Bill Owens, D-Pasquotank, filed a measure that would legalize video poker, creating a centrally operated video terminal system that offers casino-style games. Proceeds would go to college scholarships and higher education building repair and construction. Another measure, filed by Rep. Ray […]
The House Public Utilities Committee has approved legislation that would make it harder for cities and towns to build their own broadband data systems. The bill is the latest in a series of efforts by telecom corporations to keep local governments out of the broadband business. Cable and phone companies argue municipalities aren’t subject to […]
Filed in response to Gov. Perdue’s veto of Senate Bill 13, this bill would grant the Governor discretionary power to find $538 million in available funds for the current budget year. The bill would allow Perdue to reduce spending and transfer funds from “non-General Fund accounts” in order to arrive at the $538 million. The […]
In their proposal today for LESS state spending — more than $2 billion less than Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s proposed budget — Republican legislative leaders mention one area that deserves MORE spending: highway maintenance and repaving.
Instructions to the House and Senate transportation appropriation subcommittees (attached below) include this call for a $100 million maintenance boost:
Strengthen […]
For more than 100 years, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners and North Carolina League of Municipalities have advocated policies for local governments to state lawmakers.
Alamance County Manager Craig Honeycutt and Burlington City Manager Harold Owen said these advocates are vital in making sure that local issues are heard and understood by state lawmakers. […]
