group of elected officials collectively charged with administering the county government in some U.S. states
(See the update at the end of this post.) House Bill 99, sponsored by Rep. Erin Paré (R-Wake), introduces an essential reform to how county commissioners would be elected in…
Elections have consequences. That’s what the people of Guilford County are finding out as the County Board of Commissioners recently approved an $861 million budget, which will raise property taxes by $418…
Score one for the folks like me who are tired of ‘woke’ leftist politics invading everything from soda to baseball. Andrew Dunn reports for Carolina Journal on the Surry County…
For starters, readers here in Greensboro have to turn to the weekly Rhino Times to get any information on Guilford County government because the daily News & Record has simply…
I have read numerous social media posts by teachers who contend that the May 16 walkout is about more than just teacher pay. They argue that school facilities are in…
Watauga County Commissioners almost got me. In May, they’ll put a quarter-cent sales tax increase on the ballot. A similar measure failed eight years ago, but the county’s decided to…
Earlier this year, the N.C. State Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction launched the Innovative School District (ISD), an entity created by the General Assembly in 2016 to coordinate…
I love it when I find allies in unexpected places. Last week, Indy Week ran an article about whether Wake County should spend $20 million to buy a golf course in…
Yesterday, I saw a headline: “Cumberland County agrees to fund share of baseball stadium.” I rolled my eyes, but I’d known this was coming and it was late in the…
Both the N&R lead editorial and columnist Susan Ladd go off on the Republican-led Guilford County Board of Commissioners for its somewhat skeptical endorsement of GCS’ Say Yes to Education…
Headline in N&R print edition story on last night’s public hearing on the Guilford County Schools budget at last night’s Board of Commissioners meeting: Commissioners taken to school at hearing…
Jackson County has a new board of commissioners, and that means it’s time to resurrect a landslide ordinance.