RALEIGH — “We’re in trouble” in the Middle East, according to the retired U.S. Army brigadier general and best-selling military thriller author who also happens to oversee the N.C. Department of Transportation. Tony Tata offered his assessment of the Middle East during a presentation Monday to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
RALEIGH — From its early days in 1990 with a staff of two — political consultant and former Reagan administration official Marc Rotterman and recent college graduate journalist John Hood — to the present, with a staff of two dozen policy analysts, researchers, journalists, managers, and support staff, JLF has remained true to a singular goal: promoting freedom, limited government, and opportunity for all North Carolinians.
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory and his top transportation lieutenant on Thursday outlined new highway construction projects designed to ease bottlenecks and facilitate the flow of traffic. Secretary of Transportation Tony Tata said the plan calls for the N.C. Department of Transportation to fund 478 highway projects over the next 10 years, resulting in the creation of 300,000 jobs.
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory suggested Tuesday that changes might be in order for one of the departments in state government that’s been a thorn in his side during a hectic first year in office, the Department of Health and Human Services. Without offering specifics, McCrory said the department will be considered as part of a previously announced reform initiative.
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory said a 10-year transportation plan unveiled Wednesday would get politics out of the decision-making process, reformulate spending, and expand the number of projects and jobs they support.
RALEIGH — The McCrory administration’s decision to offer temporary driver’s licenses to some young-adult illegal immigrants has led several of the more outspoken activists to reconsider their exclusive allegiance to self-described progressive groups in North Carolina that have been tied closely to the state’s Democratic Party.
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory, in a press conference Tuesday that touched also on voter ID, fracking, and illegal-immigrant driver's licenses, said it is “reprehensible” that a smear campaign is being organized against him and other Republican leaders by liberal groups seeking to derail their ability to govern.
RALEIGH — There was no disguising harsh sentiments between candidates for state superintendent of public instruction at a public forum in Raleigh Monday night when incumbent Democrat June Atkinson and Republican challenger John Tedesco clashed over a 90-minute span.
RALEIGH — Incumbent superintendent June Atkinson is a career educator who won office in 2004. Challenger John Tedesco, a fundraiser for nonprofits, was part of a conservative insurgency that took charge of the Wake County school board in 2009. Both have worked in contentious environments.
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 — Jeffrey Moss receives an annual salary of $162,412 in a district with 9,654 students. The superintendents of Wake (143,289 students) and Mecklenburg (133,600 students) counties earn about $100,000 more per year.
