State Superintendent Mark Johnson has unveiled a bold vision for the future of education in North Carolina, but the announcement was light on concrete details about how the plan would be realized. Lawmakers, school and district leaders, education advocates, and some educators attended the Feb. 19 Innovation and Leadership program at the Raleigh Convention Center....
RALEIGH — The move by the Federal Communications Commission to trump state laws placing restrictions on cities that want to provide broadband service has raised awareness of high-speed Internet service in society, the head of a national telecommunications association said Tuesday.
RALEIGH — The director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Ben Carson leapt to conservative rock-star status in February 2013 at the National Prayer Breakfast. He advocated conservative policies and Christian values with President Obama sitting a few feet away.
RALEIGH — The Raleigh Convention Center continues to rely on deep discounts to get business -- knocking $569,000 off the room prices for meetings scheduled over the last six months of 2011. A new John Locke Foundation Regional Brief documents the deals.
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.
A lack of transparency will hurt efforts to track just how much taxpayer support is propping up the new $221 million project.
RALEIGH — City officials gave $2.3 million in rental discounts on the newly minted Raleigh Convention Center through 2023 and $167,000 in taxpayer-funded subsidies this year to attract companies and organizations, public records show.
RALEIGH — Raleigh’s new downtown convention center already has offered almost $2.3 million in room rental discounts to secure convention business, including an average 58 percent discount for events scheduled through June 2009. A new John Locke Foundation Regional Brief predicts the $221 million center will turn into a “money pit” in the years ahead.
Voters who don't pay attention to local elections get what they deserve.
Decision makers confront an unlevel playing field in modern government.
RALEIGH — North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry held its 61st annual dinner Wednesday in Raleigh. Speakers at the event covered a wide variety of topics ranging from the state budget to pharmaceuticals. Gov. Mike Easley opened the ceremonies by announcing that he has created a permanent council of business leaders to study ways to reduce government spending.
