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Wake commissioners may spread out impact of school bond tax hike

A Safety Patrol student watches as students go to awaiting buses as they leave for the day from Green Elementary School on Oct. 9, 2013. With the passage of the school bond bill in Tuesday's election, Green will be one of the first schools in the county to start with planned renovations.

Some Wake County Commissioners say they may try to spread out a nearly 5-cent tax increase from the school bond issue over multiple years rather than raising it all at once next year.

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DURHAM COUNTY

Durham elections: Mayor Bell, 2011 opponent poised for rematch

Incumbent Durham Mayor Bill Bell and his 2011 opponent, minister Sylvester Williams, were set for a rematch after Tuesday's municipal primary election. In the Ward 2 race for City Council, retired educator Eddie Davis and bail bondsman Omar Beasley led a four-candidate field to face off in the Nov...
LOCAL POLITICS

Most incumbents re-elected to Raleigh council, but Maiorano beats Stagner

Political newcomer Wayne Maiorano defeated incumbent District A City Councilman Randy Stagner on Tuesday, while all other Raleigh City Council members and Mayor Nancy McFarlane won another term.
LOCAL POLITICS

Cary Town Council incumbents easily defeat challengers

Incumbents Jennifer Robinson and Jack Smith fended off challenges from political newcomers in Tuesday's lopsided Cary election returns.
LOCAL POLITICS

Raleigh voters approve $75 million in transportation bonds

Raleigh voters approved a $75 million transportation bond issue, setting the stage for a series of road projects and a 1.12-cent property tax hike next year.
WAKE COUNTY

Democrats expand majority on Wake County Board of Education

Democrats achieved a near-complete hold on the Wake County Board of Education in Tuesday's election. With all precincts reporting unofficial results, Democrats won three races, while Bill Fletcher, who was named to the board by Democrats, narrowly defeated fellow Republican Nancy Caggia.
EDUCATION

Wake County voters approve $810 million bond issue for schools

Wake County voters showed their willingness Tuesday to raise their own taxes to make room for the next wave of public-school students, approving an $810 million school construction bond issue by a 15-percentage point margin.
ELECTIONS

Sides trade barbs on Wake school bonds' effect

The always heated issue of student assignment was injected into the fight over the $810 million Wake County school construction bond issue Monday, the day before the issue goes to the polls. In addition to bonds for Wake schools, there's also a ballot item on $75 million in City of Raleigh transportation...
EDUCATION

Student assignment injected into Wake school bonds fight

Opponents of the $810 million Wake County school construction bond issue injected the contentious issue of student assignment into the mix Monday, attempting to use it as another means to turn voters against the measure.
STATE POLITICS

NC attorney general questions McCrory on voting lawsuit; governor's office fires back

Attorney General Roy Cooper said it is an "unnecessary expense" for Gov. Pat McCrory to hire an outside attorney to represent North Carolina against the Obama administration's lawsuit challenging the state's new voting law.
LOCAL/STATE

Proposed bond issue a wedge in District 2 schools race

Monika Johnson-Hostler and Matt Scruggs won’t decide the school bond measure, but their views on the issue are a stark contrast between two political newcomers vying for the school board seat vacated by John Tedesco.