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North Carolina by Trainnew
People who love trains really love them.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
07-14-2011 |
Transportation
Peoples Guide to Redistricting in Guilford County, N.C.new
Redrawing the political district boundaries for the Guilford County Commission is potentially more complicated than it was with the Greensboro City Council, where that board approved a partisan gerrymandered map and then rescinded it after constituents responded with outrage.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
05-26-2011 |
Elections
Ideological Clash Threatens Energy Efficiency Programnew
It had been almost nine months since Greensboro signed a contract with the federal government to receive a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to provide energy-efficiency upgrades to buildings.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
05-18-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Department of Energy, Stimulus
Greensboro, N.C. Bulks Up Admin Jobs, Cuts Infrastructure Positionsnew
Why, one employee wanted to know, were new employees being hired by the city outside of police, fire and other public safety positions when staff has been told that the city is under a hiring freeze?
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
05-04-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Government Jobs
Redistricting Becomes the People's Businessnew
A 10-percent variance in population between largest and smallest districts generally creates a legal requirement to redistrict so that a jurisdiction avoids violating the equal protection requirement of the US Constitution.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
04-28-2011 |
Policy Issues
Greensboro Tea Party Rally Focuses on Proposed County Tax Increasenew
This year's Tax Day Tea Party rally in Greensboro was the occasion for a defiant stand by a controversial Wake County School Board member, the launch of a campaign for county commission and calls to protest a proposed county property tax increase.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
04-21-2011 |
Politics
Upside Down: Foreclosures Cut a Wide Path of Destruction in North Carolinanew
Like a slow-motion tsunami, foreclosures uproot and tear apart families, undermine the stability of communities, drain away millions of dollars of wealth and strain public budgets.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
04-14-2011 |
Economy
North Carolina Becoming More Diversenew
Sometime in the last couple years, Greensboro, N.C. passed a critical tipping point: White people as a share of the total population dropped below 50 percent.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-11-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: 2010 Census
No Devils in Forsyth Elections System, Board Member Saysnew
The Forsyth County Board of Elections has signaled a readiness to close the book on allegations of election law violations today after completing a month-long investigation.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green and Keith T. Barber |
03-03-2011 |
Politics
Lawbreaking, Impropriety and Fraudnew
Conflicting statements, allegations of election fraud, intense emotions and harsh criticism of Forsyth County Director of Elections Rob Coffman permeated every moment of a four-hour public hearing held by the Forsyth Board of Elections in Winston-Salem on Monday.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
02-14-2011 |
Elections
Improper Remark Attributed to County Elections Official in N.C.new
An allegation that the Forsyth County elections director made an inappropriate comment to a former employee prompted a fact-finding visit from Raleigh on Jan. 13 by the State Board of Elections top lawyer.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
01-20-2011 |
Politics
Tags: Rob Coffman, Forsyth County
Polarized Electorate: The Changing Face of the 13th Congressional Districtnew
The electorates of the precincts that swung from blue to red in the rural northern counties and in Guilford and Wake, N.C. share some common attributes. They are almost all Democratic leaning, some with outright majorities, and all feature sizeable white majorities.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
12-01-2010 |
Elections
Latin Kings Fight Onnew
Complaint is filed with the US Justice Department alleging that the Greensboro Police Department has engaged in a pattern of discrimination against the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
11-15-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Latin Kings, DOJ
Guilford Democrats Mobilize Resources and Enthusiasm Against Concerted Republican Effortnew
The tidal wave of Republican anger at government in Washington and Raleigh crashed up against a Democratic beachhead in Guilford County, where superior registration numbers, frantic last-minute campaigning and reserves of enthusiasm denied the GOP the opportunity to pick up seats.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green and Brian Clarey |
11-04-2010 |
Elections
DOJ Representative Visits Greensboro Following Community Delegation to Washingtonnew
A delegation of black and Latino Greensboro police officers, members of the North Carolina Latin Kings street organization, pastors and other citizens visited the Justice Department in Washington, D.C.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
10-22-2010 |
Civil Liberties
