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The Northeast Regional Library will be getting back underway; County staff will ask for an extension to issue $45 million in library bonds. The county Monday also approved $1.6 million in funding for low-income energy customers.
Live coverage of Election Day from across the city. Today Raleigh voters will choose a new mayor, City Council and vote on new bonds for Wake County school construction and the fund transportation projects in Raleigh
Raleigh City Councilors Friday announced Ruffin Hall as the next city manager.
There is a shortage of affordable housing in Raleigh. Without a way to track both city-funded and privately owned affordable housing projects, the city is unaware of the full scope of the problem.
Councilors this week approved improvement plans for Buck Jones Road and voted to solicit bids for the sale and development of the Stone’s Warehouse property. Two rezoning cases were sent to the Comprehensive Planning Committee and a public hearing has been set for planned traffic calming projects.
The city will file an injunction against Raleigh Recycling for what it believes is hazardous waste being dumped into city sewers.
Although voter turnout and candidate fundraising numbers for local elections pale in comparison to those for national and state elections, the role that money plays is still a significant one.
Planning Commissioners approve rezoning cases on Lake Boone Trail and Oberlin Road, and deferred a rezoning case on Daniels Street. Commissioners also approve plans for a new apartment complex, a new office building in the Glenlake Office Complex and expansion plans at Holly Hill Hospital.
Visitors to the heart of downtown will have to shell out an additional quarter per hour as of Sept. 30.
With developers unable to get the tax credits needed to build an affordable housing project, the Stone’s Warehouse property will go out for bid.
