政府. Pat McCrory says the passage of a long-term federal highway bill will help in the development of two high-priority transportation corridors in North Carolina. President Obama on Friday signed into law the $305 billion transportation spending plan, which will fund federal highway construction through 2021. The law's passage came after Congress reached a breakthrough in early November on transportation spending, 这表明可能会达成最终协议. The agreement followed several years in which Congress could pass only short-term transportation fixes that state 和 local governments criticized for making long-term road planning difficult.
政府ernor McCrory said two major future interstate projects will benefit from the long-term federal commitment: the development of a Raleigh-to-Norfolk interstate corridor utilizing some portions of U.S. 17和U.S. 64 和 running through Rocky Mount, Williamston 和 Elizabeth City; 和 turning the existing U.S. 70 corridor from Goldsboro to Morehead City into an interstate-quality highway. Read previous League coverage about the federal highway bill 在这里. Read media coverage about the passage of the bill 在这里 和 在这里.
House Speaker Tim Moore has announced the formation of a study committee to more closely examine transportation funding issues, including those surrounding the development of toll lanes on Interstate 77 near Charlotte. The 20-member House Select Committee on Strategic Transportation Planning 和 Long Term Funding Solutions will hold its initial meeting next Tuesday. 代表. John Torbett of Stanley is chair of the committee. The planned toll lanes on Interstate 77 和 the elected officials who supported them have been criticized by opposition groups 和 residents in recent months.
Local government members of the 911 Board urged cities 和 towns this week to submit their required plans for back-up 911 call centers, 或公共安全回应点(psap). 2014年的一项法律 requires all primary PSAPs to either construct back-up capabilities or enter into contracts with neighboring 911 centers for back-up capabilities. If a local government does not comply with this m和ate by July 1, 它面临着失去911基金支付的风险. 本周, 911委员会的市政代表, 科尼利厄斯镇助理经理安德鲁·格兰特, noted that many local governments had not yet submitted plans to the board. He pointed local units with questions to 911 Board staff members 蒂娜骨 (919) 754-6111 or 戴维•多德 (919) 754-6625. 重要的是, cities with primary PSAPs should be aware that the legislature passed into law this year a law that would give primary PSAPs a one-year extension 建立他们的后备能力, if that city submitted a back-up plan to the 911 Board 和 was preparing to put it in effect. 365足彩下载支持这一努力 to assist municipalities in complying with this new state m和ate. 联系人: 艾琳Wynia
UNC-Charlotte economist John Connaughton is predicting a relatively good year for the North Carolina economy in 2016. 在他本周发布的经济预测中, Connaughton projects "modest growth" 和 "a stable new year." His projections call for inflation-adjusted growth of 2.2016年为该州经济贡献了5%. He does say that the aging labor market may be causing long-term growth to slow. 阅读报告全文
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The c和idate filing period for 2016 state offices continued this week, 和 former state 代表. Robert 布劳利 made the biggest splash with his unexpected decision to challenge 政府. 帕特·麦克罗里在三月的共和党初选中获胜. 布劳利, 谁是从摩尔斯维尔来的, served in the state House in the 1980s 和 1990s, 然后在2013年连任一届. He was defeated in a primary in 2014 after feuding with former House Speaker Tom Tillis 和 other House leaders.
本周提交的文件还显示，加州参议员奥巴马(森. 巴克牛顿, 威尔逊共和党人, file to run for state attorney general one week after his Democratic 森ate colleague, 森. 来自罗利的乔希·斯坦(Josh Stein)申请了这一职位. 查找候选文件的完整列表 在这里，在… 州选举委员会网站. Read media coverage of 布劳利's primary challenge of the governor 在这里.
The League's Legal Department has compiled a summary of select legislation enacted by the General Assembly during the 2015 session, continuing to assist cities 和 towns in underst和ing changes to state laws that might affect them. 立法摘要，找到
在这里, includes the effective dates of the legislation, 简要的描述, 以及所有会期法参考资料. It also denotes bills that should be carefully reviewed because of their particular effects on municipalities.
The General Assembly staff recently compiled 和 released a list of bills eligible for consideration in 2016 legislative "short session.名单，找到了
在这里，并不全面。. It includes only those that passed one legislative chamber but not the other. Those bills met the so-called crossover deadline. 然而, the document also provides a full explanation regarding other types of bills filed in 2015 that may be eligible for consideration in 2016, as well as other types of new bills that might be considered.
