A stunning election night ended with several election races — including the contest for governor — unresolved, even as Republicans Donald Trump and Richard Burr scored significant victories and the GOP retained its supermajority status in the General Assembly. In the race for governor, Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper claimed victory just before 1 a.m....
Former Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker, a Democrat, says if he is elected state labor commissioner he would pursue businesses committing safety, wage, and benefit violations aggressively, filing lawsuits if he must. Republican incumbent Cherie Berry counters that adversarial relations harm the state economically when other methods are available to solve disputes. “My opponent thinks I...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won easily against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary, while casino mogul Donald Trump staved off a late surge by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to claim victory in the GOP presidential contest. With 97 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton bested Sanders 55 percent to 41 percent,...
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. Meeker cites his experience as mayor as a reason Democratic primary voters should vote for him. “I can...
RALEIGH — A 2005 study by North Carolina State University showed side crashes had decreased by 42 percent since the 12 cameras operating in Raleigh at the time had been installed. Meanwhile, rear-end crashes had increased by 7 percent.
RALEIGH — Current city ordinances allow a food truck operator to apply for a permit to operate at “special events,” but there’s no provision allowing the trucks to sell their wares routinely on city streets or in parking lots.
RALEIGH — The election, ostensibly nonpartisan, has attracted national interest. There's little doubt that a Democratic sweep of the five seats would ripple far beyond Wake County.
RALEIGH — Most e-mails sent to city council members, and provided to Carolina Journal on request, voice opposition to Raleigh’s proposed ban on smoking in city parks that comes up for a vote on Tuesday.
RALEIGH — Although the ordinance acknowledges street vendors “enliven the pedestrian environment by providing convenience and diversity of products at affordable prices,” and “lend charm and vitality to an active urban environment,” it is packed with what one vendor calls “industry-killing” rules.
RALEIGH — The event was hosted by Mayor Charles Meeker, whose law firm Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP represents Stanly County; and City Councillor Nancy McFarlane, who formerly headed the North Carolina Water Rights Committee, a nonprofit group that has been lobbying the General Assembly to pass legislation allowing the state to seize Alcoa’s dams and set up an independent Yadkin River Trust to operate them.
RALEIGH — Raleigh Planning Director Mitchell Silver owns an SUV and lives in an upscale neighborhood while he spearheads a new comprehensive plan that promotes public transit and small housing.
