Study: Wake, Durham, Johnston to gain legislative seats (WRAL.com)
Raleigh, N.C. — The Triangle’s population boom could translate into more political power after next year, according to a statewide analysis by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
UNC’s Program on Public Life used Census Bureau population projections to determine the possible breakdown of House and Senate seats […]
Redistricting: Just Down the Road (NC DataNet)
Ferrel Guillory and Lewis McCorkle
The state legislators elected in 2010 will have the job of drawing new congressional and legislative district lines in mid-2011. In addition to the economic recession that weighed so heavily on state budgeting in the recent legislative session, this political reality creates the context of […]
New White House Memo: Developing Effective Place-Based Policies for the FY 2011 Budget
The new White House memo (link below) is significant because it went to all executive departments/agencies and was authored jointly by the heads of OMB (Peter Orszag), the Domestic Policy Council (Melody Barnes), the Office of Urban Affairs (Adolfo Carrion), and the National […]
NC Board of Transportation Meeting Oct. 7, 2009
Key Information by Jim Humphrey, City of Charlotte
1. The NCDOT has responded to comments regarding it’s draft Subdivision Roads Manual. The manual regulates the design of subdivision/secondary roads. Copies of the manual and NCDOT response were handed to board members. They will be asked […]
ADOT implements $100 million plan to address budget shortfall
Closure of some rest areas, customer services offices to begin
PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation is facing a $100 million budget shortfall that will require further reductions in services, office closures, highway construction, maintenance and staff.
ADOT’s plan to reduce its use of state highway funds by […]
San Francisco Could Soon Lead the Way in HOT Lanes (AASHTO Journal)
The San Francisco Bay Area could soon have more High Occupancy toll lanes than any other region of the nation.
By late 2010 or early 2011, single-occupant vehicles will be allowed to use carpool lanes on some of the Bay Area’s most congested […]
LaHood Tells APTA Transit Will Get Bigger Piece of the Funding Pie (AASHTO Journal)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told the American Public Transportation Association this week that transit must provide an even greater share of American mobility in the future as Americans cut back on the number of miles they drive in personal vehicles.”Mobility not […]
Police fight culture of ‘no snitching’
DURHAM Someone knows who fired more than 30 bullets into a Shannon Road apartment in Durham in July, while three adults and a 4-year-old girl slept inside.
Someone also has information about who shot and killed Thomas McLean Spruill at a Durham townhouse complex in June.
But in both cases, those who […]
Greensboro to welcome new manager
Monday, October 12, 2009
By Amanda Lehmert
Staff Writer
If you hear a giant sigh of relief emanating from the Melvin Municipal Office Building this week, it’s probably be coming from Bob Morgan’s office.
He’s been filling in as city manager since March. On Friday, Morgan will hand control of the local government to new […]
Florida Express Lanes Project Showing Huge Improvement in Average Speeds (AASHTO Journal)
