Over the years of following local government, I’ve come to the conclusion that there not a federal grant out there local politicians don’t like. Heaven forbid they would turn their…
In a marathon meeting that featured strong opposition from a local activist group, the Greensboro City Council approved two parking decks that will each cost $30 million and will primarily…
Greensboro News & Record editorializes on the upcoming nonpartisan City Council race: Thirty-seven candidates are running, forcing primaries in every race. These preliminaries on Oct. 8 will just narrow the…
News & Record reports negotiations between the City of Greensboro and Durham-based contractor Skanska-Rentenbach have broken down, meaning phase 1 work on the proposed Tanger Center for the Performing Arts…
News & Record reports the Greensboro City council will hold a special meeting on Tuesday to vote on the first phase of funding for the proposed downtown performing arts center—…
A lot of people would think maybe–just maybe —the system worked in the case of Greensboro Police Officer Travis Cole’s use of force of a citizen as portrayed in the…
Things got a little testy—good–at last night’s Greensboro City Council debate and discussion over the International Civil Rights Center and Museum’s ongoing financial problems. What made the discussion tense was…
N&R’s Inside Scoop on Greensboro City Council member Sharon Hightower’s emotional speech the council’s discussion and debate over HB 972—-the police video camera bill: Hightower said that over the weekend,…
First question on my mind when I read this N&R above the fold (that means our local paper of record thinks it’s really really important) story—-did anyone even notice that…
Greensboro alt-weekly Rhino Times reports on City Council member Sharon Hightower’s plan to provide free coffee for the homeless: Greensboro should run a tab for homeless people to pay for their coffee in…
In an op-ed in yesterday’s N&R, Guilford County Commissioner Jeff Phillips responds to a recent Susan Ladd column basically stating that eeevil Republicans on the board have no regard for…
Greensboro City Council has hired a law firm to lobby against Sen. Trudy Wade’s bill to restructure the council. The hiring of the lobbyist was the subject of a tense…