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Wake school board members got their first look at the building and renovation needs for the school system on Tuesday. The needs are comparable to the last bond in 2006, which taxpayers approved at nearly $1 billion dollars. Opinion is divided over the price tag voters will see on a bond next year.
A new group called the Voter Integrity Project is filing challenges to voters in Wake and other counties in an effort to purge voter rolls of non-citizens and deceased people. But some are finding their approaches partisan, even combative.
A council committee will continue to discuss extending councilor terms from two to four years after a scant showing at the public hearing. The council approved filing a lawsuit against the state, the Capital Boulevard Corridor Study and design plans for Mordecai Park. And an 11-year-old girl and councilor’s Google image searches for photos of pygmy goats may lead to a zoning code change.
County officials Monday approved a Wake Tech bond for the November ballot, a business grant for NetApp, a facelift for the sixth floor of the courthouse and a new downtown school.
In a four-part series, we take an in-depth look at the differences in achievement among the different demographic groups in Wake County. While the gap has closed slightly in the last four years, it is significantly larger than in the early 2000s.
Raleigh residents are invited to learn more about the Union Station project downtown at a public information session and workshop Monday at the Raleigh Convention Center.
Walnut Creek Elementary has been a poster child for Wake County’s debate about high-poverty schools. Its students recently saw big gains in test scores but are still well below the county average.
Wake County schools have seen steady growth since the recession hit in 2008. But this year Wake’s central office is seeing a high volume of traffic, and growth may be re-approaching levels not seen since before the recession.
Residents and city officials debate backyard cottages and their potential benefits and problems.
Figuring out the tangled web of college financing is discouraging for many prospective students, but a new federal initiative could lead universities in Raleigh to help make paying for college understandable.
