The co-chairs of the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee want to know more about the Mid-Currituck Bridge toll project before the N.C. Turnpike Authority moves forward with it. In a letter to Turnpike Authority Executive Director David Joyner, they ask that the agency not proceed with the “commercial close” of the project until it answers […]
Many important social movements have started with large crowds packed into school gymnasiums. Yesterday I witnessed another movement coming to life in the Mooresville Intermediate School gym in Mooresville, NC.
A group from Missouri drove twelve hours in two vans. Almost fifty came from Alabama. A large contingent showed up from Illinois. And when we did […]
The once-Democrat and former Charlotte mayor defends voter IDs and relives the night he switched parties
As we draw closer to Election Day in November, it is becoming increasing likely that Charlotte’s own Pat McCrory will become the next governor of North Carolina. Yes, McCrory, the same man who often played the role of authoritarian villain […]
With $300,000 invested and 29 charging stations installed, Raleigh is poised to embrace a new wave of electric vehicles. Whether that wave is really coming, though, is still a question for the fortune tellers.
Transportation leaders from across eight states gathered in the capitol city last week to discuss how they might grease the tracks for […]
Following the conclusion of the summer short session meeting of the North Carolina General Assembly, Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo said he was pleased with the trial run of the McGuireWoods Consulting firm. Being that this was the first time the city of Wilmington employed the services of a lobbyist to pursue its political agenda in […]
North Carolina has set a record for in-state film production spending this year with five months left to go. The North Carolina Film Office reported Wednesday that 35 films in 30 counties have accounted for $300 million in spending this year. The previous record of a little more than $220 million was set last year. […]
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 […]
DURHAM — City Council members say they want to review and perhaps change their government’s policies and practices when it comes to extending water and sewer service to new development.
They instructed City Manager Tom Bonfield and his staff Thursday to “take a comprehensive” look at the issue, a job Bonfield said later he wants to […]
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 […]
