Author: John Hammer

Senate Bill 317 introduced on Thursday, March 16, is an attempt to help solve the critical housing shortage in North Carolina.

If you doubt that the City of Greensboro is flush with funds, the City Council work session on Thursday, March 16 in the Plaza Level Conference Room offers additional proof.

The Greensboro City Council will hold its one business meeting of the month on Tuesday, March 21 in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber beginning at 5 p.m.

The Greensboro City Council indicated support for a plan to establish a community land trust at the Thursday, March 16 work session.

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson spoke before about a hundred people in Greensboro on Thursday, March 16.

The Greensboro City Council is holding a work session devoted to affordable housing issues on Thursday, March 16 at 2 p.m.

Many Greensboro property owners said that the 30 percent increase in property taxes in the 2022-2023 budget was too high.

The City of Greensboro sent out a news release announcing progress on the proposed Pyramid Village mixed-use development at US 29 and Cone Boulevard.

The state budget process is getting off to an early start in Raleigh, but it doesn’t appear it...

In the no surprises category, the Greene Street project has been delayed again. Changing the...

The Greensboro Police Department is short 129 officers out of a budgeted force of 689.

This should be fun. Greensboro is asking for your input on how to reconfigure the Battleground Avenue, Lawndale Drive and Westover Terrace corridor.

North Carolina State Sen. Michael Garrett (D-Guilford) has introduced a bill in the state...

The topic the Greensboro City Council discussed the longest at the Tuesday, March 7 meeting was once again the homeless population.

It appears the way to get city staff to move is to come to a public forum and bash the City Council.

At the Greensboro City Council public forum on Tuesday, March 7, there were several people who spoke in support of the Greensboro Police Department.

The Greensboro City Council got blasted at the meeting on Tuesday, March 7 for failing miserably...

Completing the Urban Loop is going to help Greensboro become car optional, according to a report from the Greensboro Planning Department.

The Greensboro Coliseum is hosting the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament for...

The Greensboro City Council will hold the first meeting of the month on Tuesday, March 7 beginning at 4:45 p.m. in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber.

The Battle of Guilford Court House was fought on March 15, 1781.

The Greensboro Planning and Zoning Commission, at the end of a public hearing of over three and a half hours long, voted unanimously in support of the proposed ordinance regulating short term rentals.

Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan watched the Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing on the proposed short term rental ordinance on Wednesday, March 1 and had some comments.

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will give the Republican response to Gov. Roy Cooper’s State of the State address on Monday, March 6.

The Greensboro Police Department (GPD) currently has a multitude of problems that it is working to solve. 

A public hearing on the proposed ordinance regulating short term rentals is scheduled for Wednesday, March 1 at 5:30 p.m. in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber in city hall.

The City Council unanimously approved allocating an additional $5.8 million for the construction of the February One-Westin Hotel parking deck without a detailed list of what those costs were.

The Greensboro City Council allocated all $59.4 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds in August 2022.

One of the sticking points of the North Carolina state budget is always education. Republicans have had a majority in the state legislature since 2011, which means they have controlled the budget for over a decade and are routinely bashed in the mainstream media for not spending enough on education.

The Greensboro City Council unanimously voted to approve a contract to acquire the old Glenwood United Methodist Church at 1417 Glenwood Ave. at the Tuesday, Feb. 21 meeting.

So far 2023 has been an unusual year, with spring temperatures arriving much earlier than normal. It appears it’s going to be an unusual year in Raleigh as well while the North Carolina General Assembly is in session.

This year it’s obvious why Greensboro is known as Tournament Town.

The Greensboro City Council didn’t show much interest in the February One Parking Deck and Westin Hotel project at the Tuesday, Feb. 21 meeting.

The Greensboro City Council approved all of the annexation, zoning and rezoning requests at the Tuesday, Feb. 1 meeting unanimously.

The Greensboro City Council reversed course on spending the last of the general fund money freed up by American Rescue Plan funds at the Tuesday, Feb. 21 meeting.

A 14-year-old with a smart phone can record just about any event and have it posted on the Internet in minutes, with good definition and excellent sound quality.

The Greensboro City Council spent most, but not all, of the money freed up by American Rescue Plan...

The Greensboro City Council will hold its one business meeting of the month on Tuesday, Feb. 21 in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber at city hall.

Cost overruns for the long delayed February One Parking deck are on the agenda for the Tuesday, Feb. 21 Greensboro City Council meeting.

The Greensboro City Council work session on Thursday, Feb. 17 began as most do, with At-large City Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Johnson as the only member of the council in the Plaza Level Conference Room.

The consensus revenue forecast for the state of North Carolina released this week projects a one-time $3.25 billion budget surplus.

In what appears to be a case putting the cart before the horse, the main topic at the Greensboro City Council work session on Thursday, Feb. 16 is “Strategic Framework.”

The 2025 City Council election may not be at the top of most people’s minds right now.

It appeared to affirmed optimists as if the City of Greensboro was finally going to fix the bizarre traffic pattern on Greene Street, but no such luck.

Former Greensboro City Councilmember Jim Kee announced Wednesday, Feb. 15, that he is running for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 2024.

District 59 state Rep. Jon Hardister (R-Guilford) has filed a bill in the state House that prohibits state and local governments from issuing COVID vaccine mandates.