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Saffo weighing state Senate run (Wilmington Star News)

Saffo weighing state Senate run (Wilmington Star News)

Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo has an important decision to make over eggnog this holiday season.

Saffo said Wednesday he’ll decide between Christmas and New Year’s – after talking it over with family members – whether he wants to try to take his political career to Raleigh.

Saffo said he’s had […]

2010-01-04T11:43:07+00:00January 4th, 2010|

America’s Top Ten Transportation Topics for 2010 (AASHTO Press Release)

America’s Top Ten Transportation Topics for 2010 (AASHTO Press Release)

As America enters a new decade, what will be the buzz about transportation? Clearly a safe, efficient, and viable transportation network should be at the forefront of issues facing policymakers at all levels of government and in all areas of our society in the coming months. […]

2017-05-24T08:56:32+00:00January 4th, 2010|

34 Contracts Totaling More Than $107 Million Awarded for Highway Projects Across North Carolina (Press Release)

34 Contracts Totaling More Than $107 Million Awarded for Highway Projects Across North Carolina (Press Release)

Includes 13 funded through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that 34 contracts totaling more than $107 million have been awarded for highway and bridge projects across North Carolina, including 13 projects funded through the […]

2010-01-04T11:12:19+00:00January 4th, 2010|

Census: N.C. grew by 134,000 residents in 12 months, third-highest in nation (Triangle Business Journal)

Census: N.C. grew by 134,000 residents in 12 months, third-highest in nation (Triangle Business Journal)

North Carolina’s population grew by 134,000 in the 12 months from July 1, 2008, the third largest gain of residents in the country.

Only Texas, with an increase of 478,000 residents, and California with an increase of 381,000 people were ahead […]

2010-01-04T11:11:42+00:00January 4th, 2010|

It’s time for Basnight’s long Senate reign to end (Winston Salem Journal)

It’s time for Basnight’s long Senate reign to end (Winston Salem Journal)
Dare County legislator should allow new leadership to emerge.
 

During the days when legislators could legally enjoy Raleigh’s nightlife on lobbyists’ credit cards, Sen. Marc Basnight would rarely participate. More likely, Basnight and his entourage would eat at an out-of-the-way restaurant, usually rotating the tab […]

2017-05-24T08:56:32+00:00January 4th, 2010|

N.C. builds a better rap sheet (News and Observer)

N.C. builds a better rap sheet (News and Observer)

RALEIGH — Wake County prosecutor Patrick Latour can search a defendant’s criminal history through either of two computer programs. The difference is like switching between Pong and a Wii.

The current system presents page after page of dizzying white letters and numbers on a black background requiring complicated, […]

2017-05-24T08:56:32+00:00January 4th, 2010|

DOT: No inherent risk in parallel highway bridges (WRAL.com)

DOT: No inherent risk in parallel highway bridges (WRAL.com)

Raleigh, N.C. — The state Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that an investigation found no inherent safety risk in the design of the Interstate 440 bridge where a Raleigh man fell to his death last month.

Raleigh police said Carroll Lee Eames Jr., 33, of Willow Spring, stopped […]

2017-05-24T08:56:32+00:00December 23rd, 2009|

Tax money spent to advertise stimulus projects (WRAL.com)

Tax money spent to advertise stimulus projects (WRAL.com)

Fayetteville, N.C. — The state Department of Transportation has spent $135,000 in taxpayer funds to install signs touting road projects paid for with more than $800 million in federal stimulus money.

Signs like one on the Fayetteville loop highway construction project near Fort Bragg aren’t directional and don’t point […]

2009-12-23T10:53:30+00:00December 23rd, 2009|
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