By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – This week, the Raleigh City Council voted to approve a new bond referendum that will appear on the ballot this fall. The $75 million bond will go towards as yet undecided projects, but likely one of the projects will be the new Raleigh Union…
By Elliott West, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Although many business owners are aware of the tax reform proposals being introduced and discussed in both the North Carolina Senate and House, many people may not be aware that some of the plans include large business license fees that owners will…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The City of Raleigh continues to keep growing and it’s apparent that although the economy could still use a boost, in the Raleigh area there are signs that housing and other related industries are on the rise. According to the City of Raleigh, the…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Red Hat software, the open-source Linux company that was one of the first major technology firms to emerge in the Triangle during the dot com boom, will host a free concert later this year. The August 2nd concert will be held to celebrate the…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Duke Energy shut down the nuclear reactor at the Shearon Harris Power Plant near Raleigh last week after it determined that a quarter inch crack on the reactor vessel needed to be repaired. The reactor is offline and could remain offline for weeks, Duke…
By The Raleigh Telegram YADKIN RIVER, NC – According to a report by the Associated Press this week, a North Carolina state agency seems to have kept quiet about high levels of toxic PCB’s in three lakes fed by a North Carolina river despite results that showed fish in those…
By The Raleigh Telegram ORLANDO – The Walt Disney Company was recently criticized for its attempt to trademark a national holiday that is celebrated in Mexico and South America. The “Day of the Dead” or “Dia de los Muertos” is traditionally celebrated the day after Halloween to honor relatives and…
By The Raleigh Telegram CHARLOTTE – Before the Democratic National Convention was held in Charlotte last year, the City of Charlotte passed an ordinance that was directed toward protest groups that would give police extra powers to arrest protesters, even if they were not committing acts of violence. Strangely, the…
By The Raleigh Telegram MORRISVILLE – According to a Morrisville Town Council member, the Triangle area recently received guests from the Federation of Asian Biotech Associations, India’s largest biotech and pharmaceutical association. “I am pleased to have received the honor of hosting the visiting delegation from the Federation of Asian…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh Telegram has announced that it has launched a new magazine that will focus on North Carolina breweries, Tarheel craft beers, and beer events in the state called North Carolina Beer Magazine. The new magazine is free to read and can be found…
Special To The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – In this letter to the editor, a reader says that keeping the renewable energy requirements in North Carolina will not only benefit the economy but will help spur technology growth, create jobs, and will attract companies to the state. The opinions expressed in…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh City Council voted today to fire long-serving Raleigh City Manager J. Russell Allen. Evidently, the dismissal was less than conciliatory, as the City of Raleigh public affairs department said that Allen was not talking directly to the media about his dismissal.…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Did you know that North Carolina county tax departments can send you a tax bill for your car, truck, or other vehicle long after you sell it or no longer own it? Some residents in the state are finding out the hard way that…
By The Raleigh Telegram NOTE: This article has been updated at the bottom with a statement from Governor McCrory’s office saying that he has restored funding in his budget. RALEIGH – In what seems to be a contradiction to his campaign promises to help create jobs for people in North…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – According to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory’s office, insurance giant MetLife says it will be hiring around 2,600 people in the Charlotte and Raleigh areas by the end of 2015. “We’re proud that a strong corporate partner like MetLife has decided to invest in North…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – According to the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office, Google, whose motto is “do no evil,” will pay the State of North Carolina $151,024 as part of a multi-state settlement over privacy issues raised when the company collected data when it took photographs of streets…
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” So said Mark Twain after hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal. And many of the more than 1,000 people who attended the Emerging Issues Forum this year are…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Triangle’s newest beer brewery will be opening soon, just in time for spring. The new Hosanna Brewery will soon be opening up at 2916 Main Street in downtown Fuquay-Varina in Wake County and they have announced on their website that they hope to…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Standard & Poors, the company that rates mortgages and other financial products such as bonds that are associated with them, is once again in the news. The company has been a target of criticism by the federal United States government after the company downgraded…
By Zack Hill, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Consumers across the country are voicing concern at the growing practice of retail stores where they scan driver’s licenses for routine purchases and exchanges. A Target customer at one of the new stores in Cary near Cary Parkway told The Raleigh Telegram…
By Lois Alley, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Some members of the Republican-controlled NC General Assembly are proposing a new tax on services in the state that would add as much as eight percent to fees charged by barbers, lawyers, auto mechanics, window washers, landscapers, healthcare providers, and most other…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Following a public hearing on Tuesday, the Raleigh City Council voted to adopt a resolution of intent to lease the Stone’s Warehouse property to the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina. According to the city, the foundation will enter into an option to assign…
By The Raleigh Telegram GREENSBORO – Duke Energy is facing intense criticism in at least one North Carolina city that is known for its tree-lined streets and green neighborhoods. The City of Greensboro in Guilford County is mulling over new regulations after dozens of complaints that tree cutting crews were…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh City Council is going to be holding a public hearing next month to accept public input to allow a vacant warehouse owned by the city to be turned into living and working spaces for artists by a private developer. The large brick…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh Telegram newspaper announces that it experienced record monthly traffic in November and also saw record numbers for readers during the entire year ending on December 31st for its website at raleightelegram.com. The Raleigh Telegram, which is the only locally owned general…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – A Raleigh Irish pub and restaurant that served as a local landmark and was one of the first nightspots to help kick off Glenwood Avenue’s resurgence as a downtown destination has sadly burned to the ground. On the day after Christmas, the Hibernian…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – United States Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) has recently stated that she is opposed to the immediate implementation of the new tax on biomedical devices that will start on January 1st, 2013 under Obamacare health care plan. The senator is urging a delay in the…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh City Council voted to approve new rules for city businesses and non-profits, expanding some options and restricting other aspects of the city ordinances. The Raleigh City Council voted unanimously to make the changes. According to the City Public Affairs offices, a summary…
By Paul Chesser, National Legal and Policy Center, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The long, crony-capitalizing, rent-seeking reign of CEO James Rogers at Duke Energy looks like it will come to an end – in a year, but possibly sooner. The departure follows the saga that was the…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – A high profile Ironman competition race that is scheduled to appear in North Carolina for the first time will get at least $70,000 in funding from local government and civic groups. The race is scheduled to take place in the Triangle and in Raleigh…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – To help offset costs, the United States Postal Service is increasing its stamp prices starting on January 27th, 2013. The postal service does not receive any funds from the federal government and relies solely on revenues from stamps and other services to help cover…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – In an apparent effort to get daytime professionals and others who use the coffee shop as a base of operations during the day to leave, many Panera Bread coffee shops and bakeries are now limiting wireless Internet access during the day and even during…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – A popular news anchor in the Raleigh area has passed away. News anchor Bob Vernon, famous for his friendly demeanor and deep voice, died in Colorado where he had retired. According to the News & Observer, Vernon passed away from blood complications at age…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Contrary to a campaign promise by President Barack Obama not to raise taxes on the middle class or people making under $200,000 a year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office recently released an estimate that around six million Americans will have to pay an average…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Although it was initially incorrectly blamed on a member of the hacker group Anonymous who allegedly made a massive attack on a series of DNS servers yesterday, GoDaddy is now reporting that a problem with their own internal set up was what actually shut…
By Jon Jackson, Special To The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Many professional fields have their own “language,” and the financial services industry is certainly guilty of this one. So if you’ve ever been confused with financial lingo you’ve heard or read, perhaps this short glossary can help. Please note that…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The City of Raleigh has purchased some pretty expensive garbage cans, but they are hoping that the new trash cans with solar powered trash compactors will pay off in the long run. In the Glenwood Avenue entertainment district, you can view one of the…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Google, which has server locations in Lenoir, North Carolina, has been fined the unusually large amount of $22 million by the Federal Trade Commission after the agency says the search engine firm violated its own privacy policy. Although the company’s informal motto is “don’t…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The economic recovery seems to be faltering, at least in North Carolina, as recent reports show that the state’s unemployment rate increased to 9.9%, much higher than the national average. According to the North Carolina Division of Employment Security which released the June numbers…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Under a new statewide program, local farms are helping to supply more foods to area schools. According to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, the “Farm to School” program sales now has exceeded $1.2 million for this previous school year. The department said that…
