News
Achievement Gap, Part 3: Mission Impossible?
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Closing the achievement gap seems like an impossible mission, yet many in the school system believe it can be done. In this third part to our series we take a broad look at what works.
Getting to know your UDO
Planning Commission Finishes UDO Review
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The Raleigh Planning Commission finished its review of the Unified Development Ordinance and will present its recommendations to the City Council next month.
County Government
County Wants to Add More Open Space
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County Commissioners are working on their open spaces wish list.
County Government
County Looks to Keep Mental Illness Patients out of ER
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County officials are considering changing the makeup of WakeBrook Recovery Center to keep people with mental illness out of emergency rooms.
News
Achievement Gap, Part 2: Mining the High School Data
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Wake County’s poor and minority high school students perform far worse on tests than their peers. But a Record analysis finds that unlike elementary school students, vulnerable high school students have slightly decreased the achievement gap during the past 10 years.
News
Raleigh to Base Water Restrictions on Need, Not Just Lake Level
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Residents could see fewer calls for water conservation with a new drought water restriction plan.
News
New School Needs on Par with Last Bond of $1 Billion
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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.
News
New Group Takes Aim at Wake Voter Rolls
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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.
City Council
Council Roundup: Councilors Mixed on Term Change
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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 Government
Comission Roundup: Wake Tech Bond on November Ballot
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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.
