North Carolina’s community college system is undergoing a transition. President Scott Ralls is leaving in September to become the president of Northern Virginia Community College in the Washington, D.C., area. Last week,…
View in your browser. Welcome Since the release of grades based on the state’s new school performance grade system, the mainstream media and liberal advocacy organizations have focused on the…
Rhino’s John Hammer notes the big news from Tuesday’s Greensboro City Council meeting—-the unanimous vote making Gboro the the first city in North Carolina to pass a resolution in favor…
Interactive Resource Center director Will Howard — the focus of the N&R series on alleged abuse of the homeless —is out: Executive Director Michelle Kennedy declined to say whether Howard…
At last night’s meeting, the Greensboro City Council approved a $1.97 million economic incentive for a proposed downtown hotel. The vote was 6-3, with council members Marikay Abuzuaiter, Tony Wilkins…
Big presser yesterday announcing the new Downtown University Campus on the corner of South Elm and Lee Street Gate City Blvd: Three years from now, the Downtown University Campus might…
High Point legal counsel Fred Baggett says the city has ‘a significant, unknown amount of liability’ after the state Supreme Court let stand lower court rulings that the Randleman Regional…
As with any debate over economic incentives, the question often is asked….who gets the jobs? That question came up during the debate over $500,000 in incentives for Solstas Lab Partners,…
In case you missed it, here’s the NYT Sunday front-pager the new Caterpillar plant in Winston-Salem. The hed pretty says it all —-‘private sector gets jobs skills, public gets bill,’…
UNCG economics professor Don Jud makes the front page of today’s N&R with his Guilford Business Index, which reflects hope —however faint —for the area economy. Jud says his economic…
The coverage of President Obama’s soon-to-end bus tour and his promotion of S.1723, the portion of the defeated American Jobs Act dealing with teachers and first responders, has missed a…
OK, it wasn’t the only item in Gov. Bev Perdue’s release citing the wonders of her North Carolina Business Preference Program. Only the most ridiculous one. Here’s the deal. Perdue…