Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, announced that he is naming Sen. Andrew Brock and Sen. Brent Jackson as co-chairs of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Jackson, R-Sampson, currently holds the post, but Brock, R-Davie, is taking the seat of Sen. David Rouzer, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress rather than seeking re-election. Berger also announced that Sen. […]
The biggest demographic problem for the Republican Party may not be Hispanics, but cities – and increasing urbanization.
In 2012, Democrats won in cities, and Republicans won outside the cities. The more urban a state’s population, the more likely it voted for Obama.
Unfortunately for Republicans – in North Carolina and nationally – cities […]
Top priorities for lawmakers in next year’s session will be tax modernization and reforms to state regulations and the education system, House Speaker Thom Tillis said in a long-ranging interview with the Wilmington Star-News. “Those are going to be the three areas that are going to consume I’d say the overwhelming majority of the attention […]
The number of lawmakers with extensive legislative experience has dwindled quickly in the House and Senate chambers. Two years after 44 freshmen legislators arrived when Republicans took control of both chambers for the first time in 140 years, another 52 newcomers will arrive when the Legislature reconvenes to pick chamber leaders Jan. 9. When midterm […]
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Cooks Corner interchange in Brunswick, one of the busiest in the state, hadn’t been repaved since the 1980s, leaving shoppers traveling to nearby malls and tourists driving to scenic Bailey and Orr’s islands to bump over ruts and potholes.
But thanks to a new state transportation program turning some control back to […]
North Carolina county and municipal governments continue to be cautious when it comes to launching capital improvement building projects. Local government borrowing this year is $28.4 billion, about the same as a year ago, and down by 0.7 percent from January, according to the North Carolina Treasurer’s Office. Cities and counties generally issue bonds to […]
(WASHINGTON)—Voters on November 6 demonstrated once again the importance of transportation by approving 68 percent of the measures to increase or extend funding for highways, bridges and transit, an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) review finds.
The association tracked 31 measures overall—five were statewide initiatives and 26 were local. All of the seven bond […]
On election night, many observers were pointing out that Republican lawmakers had a “veto proof” majority in both the state House and Senate. But with a Republican governor in Pat McCrory, vetoes may not be quite the problem they were for the GOP during the past two years.
However, a veto-proof majority is also the same […]
The relationship between traffic congestion and land use is an important one to explore when developing and implementing stronger communities, Arizona Department of Transportation concluded in a report released last week.
ADOT’s report sought answers on how the relationship between land uses and traffic congestion might help lead the agency to better decisions in the […]
WASHINGTON — Here are a few items that largely have been missing from the presidential campaign: planes, trains, roads and bridges.
But as Superstorm Sandy reminded the world so vividly, we can’t afford to do without them. So why isn’t the nation’s transportation infrastructure a hot topic?
Money, for one. Neither President Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney […]
