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, […]
Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed legislation on Sunday that would have paved the way for North Carolina to drill for natural gas through a water and chemical intensive process known as fracking. It is the Democratic governor’s third veto of major Republican-backed legislation — all in the past four days.
Perdue said in a statement that she […]
Falling gas prices are expected to send a record number of Americans on the roads for Independence Day travel. AAA estimates that the 42.3 million motorists will take a trip of more than 50 miles during Independence Day week. If they drive down the stretch of I-95 in North Carolina they will find their ride […]
Durham has edged out Winston-Salem as the state’s fourth-largest city — by 867 people, according to new estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The bureau said Winston-Salem grew 1.2 percent from 2010 to 2011, adding 2,768 people to reach an estimated population of 232,385.
During the same period, Durham added 4,922 people, and its population stood at […]
