Winston-Salem Journal reports six of the eight Winston-Salem City Council members are self-isolating after possible exposure to the coronavirus at a conference in Washington D.C. conference. Mayor Allen Joines is…
There was considerable tension at last night’s public hearing on changing the name of Winston-Salem’s Dixie Classic Fair. That’s right–some in the W-S community say the name “Dixie” evokes the…
Winston-Salem’s Dixie Classic Fair will no longer go by that name, the City Council and Mayor Allen Joines have unilaterally decided: City officials say the question is no longer whether…
Winston-Salem Journal reports the City Council “is set” to put a $122 million bond referendum on the November ballot. Details below, along with a graph comparing proposed expenditures to the…
The Winston-Salem City Council’s finance committee endorsed a deal from the state that would provide over $1 million toward the project to renovate both the Peters Creek Parkway interchange and…
The lede this Winston-Salem Journal story is enough — Winston-Salem explores new bond referendum …Especially when you get to the part where city leaders say the $139 million passed a…
Winston-Salem Journal reports the City Council is considering a $15 per car fee to help pay for street repairs as it continues negotiating the 2017-2018 budget. Building and maintaining roads…
Winston-Salem City Council members continue to haggle over City Manager Lee Garrity’s proposed budget, which would raise taxes on W-S citizens. The sticking point—as reported earlier— is the city’s transportation…
Winston-Salem Journal reports the City Council has approved construction on the bike path along Business I-40, which is also under construction. Pretty much as usual, the one ‘no’ vote was…
City Council member Dan Besse has proposed a resolution that would make Winston-Salem a ‘welcoming city’ —as opposed to a ‘sanctuary city’—-for illegal immigrants: Besse said his resolution would put…
Last week the Winston-Salem City Council approved an additional $1.4 million toward the renovation of the Benton Convention Center, pushing the cost to $19.9 million. Big surprise there. According to…
At last night’s Winston-Salem City Council meeting, a group calling itself the Winston-Salem Sanctuary Coalition made an appeal for W-S to become a sanctuary city: The council also heard complaints…