News
Returning to Raleigh
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Two local Army veterans who served in Iraq reflect on coming home to Raleigh.
County Government
County outsources transportation of mentally ill
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The Wake County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to outsource the transportation of involuntarily committed mental health patients to a private security company.
News
Many student reassignments remain deadlocked
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Wake County school board member Debra Goldman broke with the majority again Tuesday night, by siding with the board minority in voting down consideration of multiple student reassignments, mostly effecting Southeast Raleigh.
Oak City Portraits
Elizabeth Edwards laid to rest
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Elizabeth Edwards was laid to rest Saturday after a memorial service at Edenton Street Methodist Church.
County Government
Commissioners weigh in on school board debate (again)
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During the Board of Commissioners first meeting with a newly elected Republican majority, it rescinded a previous resolution condemning the neighborhood schools plan as an act of re-segregation and requested that the school board begin budgeting and reporting its funding by “purpose and function.”
County Government
Dems accuse GOP of big government in county abortion debate
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During the first meeting with the new Republican majority on the county commission, the board removed elective abortion from county employees’ health care plans, moved to oppose collective bargaining, and to support eliminating the cap on charter schools.
County Government
Commission preps for closer relationship with school board
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Commissioners hear state of the county address and recognize Lindy Brown’s meeting. They approved portable fingerprint scanners and delayed a decision on the Davie Street parking deck.
County Government
Republicans prepare to lead Wake County
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The new Republican majority on the county commission weighs in on education, public transit and balancing the budget.
Election Profiles
Getting to know Wake’s County Commissioner candidates
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During the past week Record reporter Will Huntsberry set about interviewing all of Wake county’s candidates for county commissioner.
Election Profiles
Steve Rao
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District 3 Challenger- Democrat Steve Rao, founder of TSG Academies, is a small businessman and entrepreneur in the high-tech industry. Do you remember having a moment where you wanted to get involved in politics? Rao: I was on a trip in India and I saw a region that had once been in absolute poverty transformed into a hub of innovation. They were bringing in businesses from all over the world. Kids would ride their bikes 20 miles to go to school in a school half the size of those we have in Wake County, learning at 3 times the rate in math, science, and technology. That was a life-changing moment for me because my parents came from India 42 years ago.
