League of Municipalities

League of Municipalities supports Greensboro in impact fee legal fight

The North Carolina League of Municipalities is backing Greensboro as the city urges the state’s highest court to take up a dispute over local impact fees. Greensboro and the league want to overturn a February court ruling favoring developers who sued the city.

CJ Staff

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Legislature, local officials tackle ‘digital divide’ while facing skepticism

State laws and regulations prevent municipalities from collaborating with Internet Service Providers in public-private partnerships that could bridge the urban-rural digital divide, the N.C. League of Municipalities says. A group of municipal officials held a press conference Wednesday, March 21, with state Rep. John Szoka, R-Cumberland, to unveil a new report titled Leaping the Digital...

Dan Way

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Annexation a Top ’06 League Priority

RALEIGH — Annexation, the controversial government power that cost Fayetteville Mayor Marshall Pitts his job in November, will likely be a top legislative priority in 2006 for the North Carolina League of Municipalities, the president of the group says.

Donna Martinez