Jane Porter

Raleigh is gathering community feedback for potential updates to its noise regulations; meanwhile, a judge ruled that parts of its nightlife permit ordinance are unlawful and unenforceable. 

Raleigh’s board of adjustment voted to approve the plan based on an updated version that is in compliance with the city’s development code. 

Privatizing USPS would result in higher prices for mail services, shuttered locations, and devastating impacts to small businesses, voters, and rural communities.

Raleigh selected a contractor for the first phase of the BRT project. Rifenburg North Carolina, LLC is expected to begin work this fall and the city plans to open bids for the remaining two phases later this year.  

The World Trade Center Health Program, which provides health care to some 2,000 North Carolina residents who responded on 9/11, faces a $3 billion shortfall and more than $1.2 billion in federal funding cuts.

Hoffman & Associates, the private developer behind the high-rise planned above GoRaleigh’s RUS Bus station, will contribute $1.56 million to the city’s affordable housing fund.  

The city began planning for separated bike and pedestrian lanes along the corridor over a decade ago and raised money through transportation bonds to finance it. But after construction costs ballooned fourfold, city leaders voted to make spot improvements to the corridor instead.