Author: John Hammer

The Greensboro City Council operates without written rules governing meetings. City Attorney Chuck Watts said that the City Council does not use Robert’s Rules of Order to run meetings and that he is working on a set of rules, but there are no written rules governing how motions are made, seconded and passed, and all

In March and again at the May 2 City Council meeting, angry representatives from sign companies have complained about the cost and length of time it takes to get projects permitted and inspected in Greensboro.

The Greensboro City Council constantly bemoans the affordable housing crisis, but when the opportunity arises to do something about it, it consistently decides to wait.

Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba and his direct employee Intergovernmental Relations Manager LaToya Caesar-Crawford have conflicting stories about why the City Council wasn’t informed that the bill to create a civil service review board was coming up for a vote in the state House.

Registration for the first Greensboro Fire Department Fire Citizens’ Academy is open now through June 16.

ArtsGreensboro is yesterday’s news. The organization formerly known as ArtsGreensboro announced on Wednesday, May 3 that going forward it will be known as The Arts Council of Greater Greensboro (ACGG).

The discussion of the resolution to oppose the civil services review board bill went pretty much as expected at the Tuesday, May 2 City Council meeting, but the vote caught a number of people, including Mayor Nancy Vaughan, off guard.

The best part of the Tuesday, May 2 Greensboro City Council meeting was what didn’t happen.

The Greensboro City Council is expected to pass a short term rental housing ordinance at the Tuesday, May 2 meeting.

The proposed ordinance on “short term rentals” is on the agenda for the Tuesday, May 2 Greensboro City Council meeting in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The bill to create a civil service review board for the City of Greensboro passed two House committees and the full House on Wednesday, April 26 without any comment from the Greensboro City Council.

The North Carolina Supreme Court issued three decisions on Friday, April 28, proving that the highest court in the state is headed in a different direction.

There was good news for the public at the Greensboro City Council work session on Thursday, April 27.

The Greensboro City Council was completely blindsided by the bill that passed the state House to create a civil services review board for the city.

Greensboro is known as Tournament Town, but there is a different kind of tournament taking place in Greensboro this weekend.

The Greensboro City Council will be discussing the budget for the Water Resources department at the work session beginning at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 27 in the Plaza Level Conference Room.

The North Carolina state House passed a bill creating civil service review boards in Greensboro and Winston-Salem on Wednesday, April 26.

, was on the House Calendar for a vote on Wednesday, April 26, but was pulled from the calendar and sent back to the House Rules Committee.

The portion of the bill that deals with Greensboro would amend the Charter of the City of Greensboro to establish a civil service review board that would have the power to make decisions regarding city employees.

Downtown Greensboro Inc. is bringing beach music back to downtown Greensboro with the TowneBank Beach Music Festival beginning on Thursday, May 4.

Tuesday, April 25, the Greensboro Police Department released the police body-worn and dash camera videos of the traffic stop on August 21, 2022, that resulted in a Greensboro police officer, Cpl. M.L. Sletten, fatally shooting Nasanto Crenshaw.

In July, the Greensboro Transit Agency (GTA) expects to start trolley service in downtown Greensboro.

Marshal Aerospace announced that it has chosen the Piedmont Triad International Airport as the site for its new aircraft maintenance and engineering facility.

The Greensboro City Council gives a lot of lip service to being business friendly.

As expected Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced he is running for governor on Saturday, April 22 at the Ace Speedway in Altamahaw.

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell is currently the only major Republican who has...

Both the North Carolina state House and Senate have passed separate bills that would prevent biological male athletes from competing in sports designated for females.  The bills raced through both chambers.

Triad Stage is holding a warehouse sale. Although Triad Stage is calling it a sale, the announcement on its Facebook page states, “MOST ITEMS ARE FREE! TAKE WHAT YOU LIKE!”

The Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department wants to update the city’s aquatic facilities and has released the Greensboro Aquatics Facilities Master Plan, “Plan2Splash,” for public review and comment.

District 59 North Carolina state Rep. Jon Hardister (R-Guilford) has introduced a bill to make the state’s right-to-work laws part of the state Constitution.

Loose leaf collection by the City of Greensboro appears to be dead.

This is not a good time to oppose an annexation, zoning or rezoning request before the Greensboro City Council.

Several members of the Greensboro City Council first made it clear that the Fleming Road Area Strategic Plan doesn’t mean anything – and then voted unanimously to adopt it at the Monday, April 17 meeting.

The Greensboro City Council requests that the public participate in meetings virtually but makes that participation difficult, if not impossible.

Forbes magazine has released a video interview of Roy Carroll, the president and CEO of The Carroll Companies, which owns this publication.

If you’re one of those people who like to sit back on Tuesday evenings and watch Greensboro City Council meetings, this week you’d be a day late and no telling how many dollars short.

Some City of Greensboro projects move so slowly it’s difficult to tell that they are moving at all; others move at the equivalent of bureaucratic light speed.

The Greensboro City Council will consider offering economic incentives to Marshall USA LLC at the Monday, April 17 meeting in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber.

Half of the Greensboro City Council work session on Thursday, April 13 was devoted to the council’s most discussed topic – the Minority and Business Enterprise (MWBE) program.

District 3 Guilford County Board of Education member Bill Goebel has responded to the Thursday, April 13 press release from the Guilford County Republican Party.

Triad Stage, founded in downtown Greensboro in 2002, announced on Friday, April 14, not that it was closing its doors, but that it was pausing its operations.

Independence Day may seem a long time away for some folks, but it’s not if you’re planning a celebration and inviting the entire city.

The Greensboro City Council plans to discuss what has been called “the third rail” of city government at a work session on Thursday, April 13 beginning at 2 p.m.

The newest Guilford member of the County Board of Education, Bill Goebel, who was appointed to represent District 3 on April 4, has been censured by the Guilford County Republican Party.

The appointment of a District 3 Guilford County board of education member is far from over according to NC State Rep. Jon Hardister.

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced Saturday, March 25 that he is running for governor in 2024, and he won’t be alone in the Republican primary for long.

One of the most contentious political issues in Raleigh for the past decade, Medicaid expansion, has finally been resolved.