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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.
Planning Commission members Tuesday discussed concerns with the amount of parking created by a new car dealership. The commission also approved three rezoning applications. Photo: The CarMax on Glenwood Avenue in 2008. Photo by Ildar Sagdejev.
Wake County schools currently builds elementary schools on 20-acre tracts of land. But 20 acres is hard to find in Raleigh, where school capacity is stretched thin.
What are the food truck rules? Whether you’re parking your pizza wagon in Durham or Raleigh, you’re going to have regulations. We break down the differences among four Triangle towns and cities.
The City Council Tuesday agreed to move forward with plans for a new safety center, two years after intense debate about plans for a $205 million high-rise safety center downtown. In other business, councilors approved a new position of the Office of Economic Development and discussed how to handle the city’s geese.
The city council will hold a public hearing in August to get feedback on whether to extend councilor terms from two years to four years.
No matter how this year’s elections shake out, Republicans will maintain the majority on Wake’s County Commission. But if Dems hope to retake the majority any time soon, they’ll need to win all three seats this year.
A statewide analysis of data from private wells has found high levels of 30 contaminants in private well water. Some say it’s a sign that the state should oversee well testing.
Under the new zoning code, city councilors will not be compelled to hold public hearings on certain cases, a policy that didn’t sit well with many Planning Commission members this week.
As electric vehicle charging stations begin to dot the city’s landscape, the Record asks if they’re here to stay.
