GREENVILLE — At the Young and College Democrats of North Carolina convention this weekend, the message was clear — the Democratic Party wants to retake control of the state legislature and the governor’s mansion by 2016.
Prioritization of N.C. transportation projects for the new Strategic Transportation Investments law is well underway, according to state officials at the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee on Friday.
After Sandy Hook Elementary School faced tragedy when a gunman killed 20 students and six adults, North Carolina took action to promote school safety.
A UNC animal research facility has had a troubled history of environmental violations — and on Wednesday, a state environmental review committee discussed recent improvements.
Braving a tornado warning and a 30-mile walk, about 50 people marched for eight hours from Chapel Hill to Raleigh Saturday to urge N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper to give a legal opinion on whether students without documentation can receive in-state tuition.
On Saturday, immigrant students and activists will embark on a 20-mile trek from Chapel Hill to Raleigh to urge N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper to provide a legal opinion on whether students in the U.S. without documentation qualify for in-state tuition.
The United States should have more global participation in order to create more jobs at home, influential North Carolina leaders said Monday.
Due to rising fuel efficiency standards, the North Carolina and federal governments will have to find alternative revenues to fund transportation as the biggest source of revenue — the motor fuels tax — continues to decline.
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood stressed the importance of government compromise to solve the nation’s problems when he spoke at the UNC School of Government on Thursday. LaHood, who served as transportation secretary from 2009 to 2013, gave the 2013 Deil S.
While many UNC-system students graduate searching for a dream job, some are eventually forced to consider how they’ll pay tomorrow’s water bill.
Graduate student Ian Winklestern said he thinks that Carrboro is already very eco-friendly. “They have a pretty cool bike bath,” he said. “I’m totally cool with that community garden idea.”
Although graduate student Courtney Beck said the recycling bins all around Carrboro are already an efficient service that make Carrboro eco-friendly, she also said bus routes could provide more direct routes to Carrboro. “They should change the bus routes so that the J goes from Smith Level into Carroboro,” she said. “Or put a sidewalk on Greensboro.”
