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Taxes come at you from every corner, and this time of year governments at all levels are preparing to stick it to youthat is, to charge you the freight for living in a free society. As legislators in Raleigh and Washington exhibit tax-cutting fever, city and county officials have hiked tax bills, in both cases […]
The annual fiscal wrangle between Wake County’s governing bodies ground to a halt Monday as the Board of Commissioners approved a $1.26 billion budget on a 5–2 vote, bumping up the schools’ allocation by $5 million over the county manager’s recommendation to provide $430.9 million in local funding. Commissioner Matt Calabria, who moved to include […]
Wake County school board members had plenty to say and plentiful ground to make up Tuesday, the day after the Board of Commissioners provided less than half the new schools funding requested. For board chairwoman Monika Johnson-Hostler, the lowered amount of money—$21 million instead of $44 million—meant the schools would have a tough time providing […]
The annual fiscal wrangle between Wake County’s governing bodies ground to a halt Monday as the Board of Commissioners approved a $1.26 billion budget on a 5–2 vote, bumping up the schools’ allocation by $5 million over the county manager’s recommendation to provide $430.9 million in local funding. Commissioner Matt Calabria, who moved to include […]
The Reverend William Barber II has been told to keep away from the main General Assembly building until his return to court June 30 on trespassing charges brought at the legislature May 30. However, the Goldsboro-based civil rights leader said Friday that similar attempts to ban him and other protesters have been made in the […]
McFarlane Backs Down on CACs Droves of supporters of Raleigh’s citizen advisory committees descended upon last Tuesday night’s city council session to speak out in opposition to a new community engagement board created by the council May 2. And in the end, Mayor Nancy McFarlanea chief proponent of this new systemappeared to back down. McFarlane, […]
Within the space of a few minutes Thursday, Raleigh ten-year-old Ezequiel Chicas became a bright light in immigration-rights circles in North Carolina. Giving a speech near the General Assembly and seeking a safe haven from deportation for his father, he found what seemed to be a way out of his family’s dilemma. The Reverend William […]
Since last we gathered over craft beer to recap the Raleigh City Council races, more incumbents and challengers have joined the October 10 ballot. Bonner Gaylord, the voice on council since 2009 for North Hills and what some folks call Midtown, will be in the running for a fifth term in District E. Gaylord is […]
A long-familiar Oak City company got the nod from city staff Tuesday for providing leasing and management duties at the under-construction Raleigh Union Station. York Properties, with roots as a construction company dating to 1910, submitted the best among three proposals, said David Eatman, transit administrator for the city. The other contenders were commercial real […]
There’s a thin line between being fiscally cautious and fulfilling campaign promises to support public schools to the hilt, members of the Wake County Board of Commissioners learned Monday. At issue at a commission work session was the gap between the $45 million in new money the school system originally proposed and the $16 million—plus […]
