When it’s filing season for people seeking city or county offices, questions often arise about who can run. Can the spouse of a current board member run? What about the spouse of a current employee? How about the adult child of a sitting board member? These questions imply that there may be some type of conflict of interest when people who have close family or other relationships work for or serve the same unit of government.
When it’s filing season for people seeking city or county offices, questions often arise about who can run. Can the spouse of a current board member run? What about the spouse of a current employee? How about the adult child of a sitting board member? These questions imply that there may be some type of conflict of interest when people who have close family or other relationships work for or serve the same unit of government.
[UPDATED 8/24/16] Big changes are on the horizon for all North Carolina drivers. Under the state’s new “Tax and Tag Together” program (aka “H.B. 1779” among property tax geeks) that will launch in September, anyone who wishes to renew a … Read more
Big changes are on the horizon for all North Carolina drivers. Under the state’s new “Tax and Tag Together” program (aka “H.B.
Big changes are on the horizon for all North Carolina drivers. Under the state’s new “Tax and Tag Together” program (aka “H.B.
For most units July 1 (or the date that the annual budget ordinance is adopted) marks the end of the formal budgeting season. Each year, however, at least a few counties and local school boards face a protracted budgeting process. … Read more
For most units July 1 (or the date that the annual budget ordinance is adopted) marks the end of the formal budgeting season. Each year, however, at least a few counties and local school boards face a protracted budgeting process.
For most units July 1 (or the date that the annual budget ordinance is adopted) marks the end of the formal budgeting season. Each year, however, at least a few counties and local school boards face a protracted budgeting process.
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional. So said the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 2013, in the case of Shelby County v. Holder. Section 4 identified the jurisdictions in the nation … Read more
During the 2012 short session, the General Assembly enacted legislation that covered members of local transportation planning groups, known as RPOs and MPOs, under the State Government Ethics Act (GS Chapter 138A), the same ethics laws that apply to many … Read more