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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.
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.
Raleigh transportation planners are coming up with alternate ideas to improve the city’s transit. The plans follow a vote by the Wake County Commission not to put a voter referendum on the November ballot for a half-cent sales tax increase to pay for a transit plan.
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.
