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Cornelius’ uphill battle to break away from CMS
Earlier this year education news here in the Triad was High Point Mayor Jay Wagner’s suggestion that HP break away from Guilford County Schools and form its own municipal school…
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High Point’s electricity debt
WFDD passes along this High Point Enterprise story on HP’s still-massive $170 million electric debt 40 years after buying into the Catawba Nuclear Station. The hook is electric rates will…
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High Point principals support Guilford County Schools
In the wake of Mayor Jay Wagner’s charge to evaluate whether of not High Point should secede from Guilford County Schools and form its own city school system, 25 HP…
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High Point school pullout becomes mayoral race issue
It didn’t take former Guilford County commissioner and High Point mayoral candidate Bruce Davis long to express opposition to the proposed pullout of HP schools from the Guilford County school…
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High Point mayor proposes pulling out of Guilford County Schools
In his State of the City address earlier this week, High Point Mayor Jay Wagner proposed pulling HP’s schools out of Guilford County Schools and establishing a city school system:…
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High Point makes the big time
NYT parachutes into High Point to take a look at the new taxpayer-funded baseball stadium, which city leaders hope will revitalize downotwn: On a recent evening, the Rockers were getting…
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Guilford legislators want to bring home the bacon
Greensboro News & Record reports on efforts by Guilford County legislators to bring home “a larger share of the state budget for their constituents.” A cursory scan of the N.C.…
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How much to raise Guilford County’s profile?
Rhino Times reports on the Guilford County Economic Development Alliance’s first meeting of the year. At that meeting, the annual budget was set. Given GCEDA has just over $103,000 in…
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High Point mayor still confident about stadium master plan…
…In spite of last week’s report that Greensboro developer Roy Carroll was backing out of a plan to build a hotel near the city’s $35 million downtown baseball stadium, which…
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High-powered developer pulls out of High Point stadium hotel project
Greensboro developer Roy Carroll has announced he is pulling out of a proposed hotel project near High Point’s $35 million taxpayer-funded downtown baseball stadium. In a statement, Carroll said: “The…
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Meanwhile in High Point: City vs. visitors bureau over stadium funds
As construction continues on High Point’s taxpayer-funded downtown stadium— with April 2019 as the opening date—the High Point Enterprise reports on the “spat” between city officials and the Convention and…
Elections & Public Integrity
Blue Wave Coming To North Carolina? Maybe, Maybe Not.
Syndicated columnist John Hood looks at two recent polls of North Carolinians that lead to different conclusions about the November midterms. On one hand: If the latest Harper Polling survey…