Registration is now open for our N.C. Metropolitan Mayors Coalition Legislative Retreat in High Point. The meeting will run from 12:00 pm on March 22nd through 12:00 pm on March 23rd in High Point. The draft agenda is attached. Please click on the link to register: 2012 NC Metro Mayors Legislative […]
Replanting is one of three options billboard companies have as reimbursement for cutting down trees. Companies also can remove two billboards anywhere in the state that are not in compliance, or they can reimburse the state financially.
Not only will billboard companies be able to cut down many more trees than they could before a new […]
Revisions to a state law passed last year regarding tree-cutting around roadside billboards has environmental groups and the outdoor advertising industry at odds once again, and motorists traveling Interstate 26 in Henderson County can now see evidence of where the controversy exists.
Last week the state’s Rules Review Commission approved by a 5-3 vote “temporary rules” […]
RALEIGH – Among the factors inhibiting economic recovery in major areas of North Carolina is a lack of adequate, uncongested highway service. If policymakers could free up the traffic flow in these areas, they’d be more attractive places to create, relocate, or expand businesses.
But adding lanes, fixing bridges, and building new highways will cost money. […]
CREEDMOOR, N.C. — As state officials study the impact of oil and natural gas exploration in North Carolina, some area cities and towns are adopting ordinances to get ahead of the issue.
The Creedmoor City Council recently unanimously passed an ordinance to ban a controversial method of gas drilling known as hydraulic fracturing within the city […]
Building highways is expensive. It takes capital and skilled labor to build, operate, and maintain a transportation system.
From the office of Rep. Chuck McGrady, a Republican member of the state legislature from Hendersonville:
The North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition presented Rep. Chuck McGrady with its Legislative Award in recognition for his outstanding work on behalf of local government during the 2011 Legislative Session of the North Carolina General Assembly. The award was presented […]
(NEWS RELEASE) — North Carolina State Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger is defending the recent grassroots victory over forced municipal annexation. Senator Berger has informed the mayors of several cities and the North Carolina League of Municipalities that should the cities continue to fight this new law in court, the General Assembly – which […]
We have little sympathy for two appeals, by Fayetteville and five other cities, of the legislature’s recent curbs on involuntary annexation. Fayetteville’s was especially ill-advised. But the real travesty now is Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger’s threat against the litigants.
Unless the cities drop their appeals, Berger warned in a letter to the six mayors […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina voters may never feel more loved — or pestered — in 2012 by politicians and others anxious to persuade them on electoral choices.
The state is on the cusp of an unparalleled year in politics, anchored by the Democratic National Convention gathering in Charlotte in September, when President Barack Obama will […]
