Despite tight budget, Perdue wants to pay back teachers, state workers (WRAL.com)
Posted: 1:20 p.m. yesterday
Updated: 6:19 a.m. today
RALEIGH, N.C. — When Gov. Beverly Perdue unveils her budget proposal Tuesday morning, it will include millions of dollars in spending cuts, some new fees and more money for state workers and teachers, legislative sources told WRAL […]
Perdue will release budget proposal today (News and Observer)
Published Tue, Apr 20, 2010 02:00 AM
Modified Tue, Apr 20, 2010 06:48 AM
RALEIGH Gov. Bev Perdue plans to release her budget proposal this morning, and the big question is who and what will get the ax.
Budget forecasters agree that the state is facing a deficit for […]
N.C. lawmaker: Expect $1B in cuts in Perdue budget (Associated Press)
Monday, April 19, 2010 (Updated 10:57 pm)
By Gary D. Robertson
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue’s spending proposal for next year likely will contain aggressive efforts to improve North Carolina’s public education and mental health systems as well as spending cuts of around […]
Durham Mayor Elected Chair of N.C. Metropolitan Mayors Coalition
DURHAM, N.C. – City of Durham Mayor William V. “Bill” Bell has been elected as chair of the North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition, a group of mayors committed to promoting strategies to advance North Carolina’s urban centers.
Founded in 2001 by large-city mayors, the Coalition today represents the […]
VMT Fee Should Replace Gas Tax, ULI Report Suggests (AASHTO Journal)
April 16, 2010
Congress should consider initiating a vehicle miles traveled fee to replace the gasoline tax currently funding federal highway and transit programs, an infrastructure report issued by the Urban Land Institute and Ernst & Young recommends. The report also calls for boosting transportation […]
Conti Urges Subcommittee to Support Variety of Financing Sources (AASHTO Journal)
April 16, 2010
In light of falling gas-tax revenues and the increasing complexity of many transportation infrastructure projects, a number of federal financing sources need to be made available to state DOTs, North Carolina Transportation Secretary Gene Conti told the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee […]
State budget picture brightens a bit (WRAL.com)
Posted: 2:19 p.m. Monday
Raleigh, N.C. — The state budget won’t be in such bad shape in the coming year, after all, a fiscal analyst told lawmakers Monday.
The latest projections call for a budget deficit of $787.9 million for the 2010-11 fiscal year, which begins in July, Barry […]
Charlotte drivers plead: Let N.C. road money follow the population (Charlotte Observer)
As congestion mounts, lawmakers say it’s time to look at allocation system
By Mark Johnson and Bruce Siceloff
Posted: Sunday, Mar. 28, 2010
Many Charlotteans stuck in traffic snarls, such as the daily bottleneck on south Charlotte’s still-unwidened stretch of Interstate 485, say they’re getting shortchanged.
They insist […]
NC20 group takes on Eastern N.C. issues (New Bern Sun Journal)
March 31, 2010 11:15 PM
Sue Book
About 100 members of the NC20 Association, an Eastern North Carolina group organized a year ago to speak with one voice in Raleigh, were singing the same song at their annual meeting here Wednesday.
Those attending the nearly all-day […]
Four-laning funds halfway there (Washington Daily News)
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton addresses members of the Highway 17 Association at its annual meeting Tuesday at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center
By GREG KATSKI
Community Editor
Published: Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:17 AM EDT
NEW BERN — The Highway 17 Association still has work to do.
During the association’s annual meeting […]
