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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper announced North Carolina boards and commissions appointments today.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 12:04 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper says he won’t take North Carolina backward.
Published: Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 @ 1:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Raleigh needs more affordable housing. But an $80 million housing bond on the election ballot isn’t a long-term solution.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 @ 3:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Raleigh continues to hope its free downtown bus, the R-Line Circulator, has more lasting significance than The Ting Tings. Still, recent decisions to end the free circulator bus service in Nashville and Washington, D.C., suggest it may be time to end the experiment here as well.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 9:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters in Raleigh, Rocky Mount, and High Point may get another chance to pick a mayor. And Cary voters easily passed bond measures to fund roads and parks.
Published: Thursday, October 10th, 2019 @ 8:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the Alamance Community College Board of Trustees
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 @ 11:51 pm
By: Governor's Office
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WTVD reports on a market innovation filling an obvious need during a natural emergency: where can thousands of temporarily displaced families find places to stay?
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 @ 12:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new poll from Triangle Community Coalition and Fallon Research and Communications show Raleigh residents are torn between concerns over housing prices and the rate of growth in the city.
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2019 @ 9:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Raleigh City Council has voted to allow people to rent one or two guest rooms, but homeowners won’t be allowed to rent entire houses.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 4:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Raleigh residents soon won’t see Bird or Lime e-scooters zipping around town.
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2019 @ 7:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Raleigh City Council once again has changed the rules of outdoor seating for downtown diners, but some business owners say they were never consulted before the changes were made
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2018 @ 8:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An Asheville man has incurred $850,000 in fines because of rentals he operates in the city. Raleigh may be thinking about imposing the same types of fines against its residents who offer short-term property rentals under Airbnb or other outlets
Published: Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 @ 11:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 @ 2:32 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The March 15 primary will decide which Democrat — former Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker or Greensboro attorney and activist Mazie Ferguson — will face incumbent Republican Cherie Berry this fall in the race for commissioner of labor
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2016 @ 12:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While residents wait on the Raleigh City Council to decide whether or not Airbnb-style services should be legal, local governments elsewhere in the U.S. are cracking down on the online-based home rental company
Published: Thursday, February 25th, 2016 @ 9:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As part of Governor Pat McCrory's "Project Phoenix" initiative, the North Carolina Council of State has approved a partnership with the City of Raleigh to improve Moore Square in downtown Raleigh
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2016 @ 3:27 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Today is Election Day for many local governments across North Carolina. While it is a big day, many of the races will be overlooked by major media outlets, despite the fact that they will actually affect citizens the most. Today, 92 counties are holding an elections of some sort, and many of them...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 7:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane cruised to a third term in Tuesday's municipal elections, and Charlotte Democrats voted to end the brief tenure of appointed Mayor Dan Clodfelter in favor of former four-term Mecklenburg County commissioner Jennifer Roberts.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 10:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After nearly two months of debate over crowd control, safety issues, and noise downtown, on Aug. 4, the Raleigh City Council approved a three-month pilot program placing curfews and maximum capacity rules on sidewalk patios.
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2015 @ 11:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Raleigh City Council has halted discussion about its outdoor seating ordinance until August, but overcrowding and public safety issues must be addressed, Assistant City Manager Marchell Adams David told a June 18 meeting of the city's hospitality committee.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Amid from restaurant owners and patrons of downtown dining establishments, a committee of the Raleigh City Council seems poised to ease proposed restrictions on patio dining and outdoor imbibing in taverns and eating establishments along the Fayetteville Street corridor downtown.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2015 @ 7:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after the Raleigh City Council approved a contract that calls for the City of Raleigh to purchase the 300-acre Dorothea Dix property from the State of North Carolina for approximately $52 million.
Published: Saturday, April 25th, 2015 @ 12:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Regulations on the emerging sharing economy, and how North Carolinians will embrace it, will have their next stop at the Raleigh City Council. The council will receive a report Jan. 20 on Airbnb, one of the stars of the sharing economy. Meantime, a legislative committee that recommends new tax...
Published: Thursday, January 15th, 2015 @ 11:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane announced today that state and municipal leaders have tentatively agreed to a deal that would sell the Dorothea Dix property to the City of Raleigh.
Published: Monday, January 12th, 2015 @ 6:55 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Opponents say a tax on plastic bags being explored by the Raleigh City Council would be "extraordinarily regressive," could cost consumers $1.8 million annually, would not help the environment, and may be unconstitutional.
Published: Wednesday, July 16th, 2014 @ 4:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Monday, February 24th, 2014 @ 5:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A reporter, television-radio executive, and U.S. Senator, Jesse Helms was born October 18, 1921, in Monroe, N.C., to Jesse Alexander and Ethel Mae Helms.
Published: Saturday, August 10th, 2013 @ 3:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane have asked the General Assembly to set the effective date of the Dorothea Dix lease bill to next year, in order to give the State of North Carolina and the City of Raleigh time to negotiate an improved deal.
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2013 @ 11:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you had to choose a single election cycle to spotlight as the most consequential in recent North Carolina history, which would it be?
Published: Sunday, April 14th, 2013 @ 2:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill passed Wednesday by the House Elections Committee would require local government special elections to be conducted during regularly scheduled general elections and primary elections in even-numbered years.
Published: Monday, April 1st, 2013 @ 8:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Further announcements regarding additional appointments in the McCrory Administration will continue to be made in the weeks ahead leading up to the January 5th swearing-in ceremony.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 6:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Incumbent Democratic state Treasurer Janet Cowell and Republican challenger Steve Royal don't agree on much, but concur that lack of statewide name recognition is a challenge in the Nov. 6 general election.
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 @ 12:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since Raleigh legalized food trucks a year ago, 18 have been permitted to operate in 11 locations. After receiving only positive feedback about the roaming restaurants, city council now is considering opening up a few more places for them to park.
Published: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 @ 6:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 55 men who drafted the U.S. Constitution believed that the House of Representatives should be the people's house.
Published: Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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