Many students and other attendees divulged future plans to run for public office during an HBCU Leadership Conference hosted by the College Democrats of NC at the Downtown Marriot in Greensboro on March 26.

More than 100 young immigrants and supporters, including members of the NC Dream Team, marched and rallied in downtown Greensboro on March 19 as part of Coming Out of the Shadows Week.

Greensboro City Councilman Zack Matheny has been leading a series of stakeholder meetings with nightclub owners, downtown business leaders and city staff to craft an entertainment license ordinance, but he said he was blindsided by the city legal departments release of a draft ordinance and wouldnt even support it himself if it came up for a vote.

With the city facing a tight budget as a result of stagnant property tax revenues and anticipated cuts at the state level, the council will be under pressure to find cost savings by reopening the White Street Landfill, which is located in a predominantly African-American area of northeast Greensboro.

A budget forum hosted by three members of the Forsyth County delegation to the NC General Assembly rapidly evolved into a rally for citizens opposed to potential cuts in public education and a number of other state-supported programs currently on the chopping block as state legislators craft the 2011-2012 fiscal year budget.

With the Greensboro city council election filing beginning in a few months, old candidates are debating whether or not they want to run again. Of the sitting council members, it appears all plan to run for reelection except for Mayor Pro Tem Nancy Vaughan and at-large Councilman Robbie Perkins, who will run for mayor.

Opportunity Greensboro helped create a list of potential projects that could be located downtown such as graduate schools, a performing arts space, specialized schools, or an international center.

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Republican, did not attend last weeks meet- branch of the NAACP is plan ing. ning a political rally and protest The resolution adopted by the school of a budget training seminar co- board states that the budget training session sponsored by the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools and the John W.

Guilford County Republicans elected Al Bouldin as their next chairman by a vote of 119 to 97 during their county convention on Monday night, denying a bid by tea-party activist Jeff Hyde.

After that, much of the consensus erodes in a long-running controversy over management of the farmers market, with a dispute over funds raised by the nonprofit Friends of the GFCM potentially headed to court.

In past years, McClinton said, she applied for a special-events permit to host the party in a city-owned parking lot between Elm and Greene streets with the understanding that the music would end at 1 a.m.

Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes and then-Greensboro police Chief Tim Bellamy took questions about immigration enforcement during a 2009 forum. New Census numbers raise the question of whether a black-Latino coalition will emerge as a potent politcal force.

It`s hardly a secret that former Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory is contemplating a possible a rematch next year with Democrat Beverly Perdue, who defeated him in the race for governor in 2008. The once and perhaps future Republican candidate is doing nothing to discourage speculation.

The second of two public hearings held by the Winston-Salem Citizens' Capital Needs Committee last week to assess public support for more than $500 million in unfunded capital needs drew a number of residents who could all agree on one thing: The...

Concerned Greensboro citizens and elected officials, both past and present, gathered at Laughlin Memorial United Methodist Church on Monday to discuss a plan of action to block the reopening of the White Street Landfill.

About 70 people gathered at Hamburger Square along McGee Street downtown for a pro-choice demonstration starting around noon on Feb. 26. They marched down Elm Street and were met by a number of supportive passersby and drivers.

Seeking to turn over management of the farmers curb market, the Greensboro City Council solicited proposals and received four responses. At a meeting held on Feb. 23, representatives of the Greensboro Farmers Market Inc. plan presented their proposal to a large group of vendors and invited feedback.

Im concerned that this whole incident has made some people maybe feel less confident in the fairness of the election process, Democratic member Frank Dickerson said after a Feb. 23 meeting that concluded the boards probe.

Community collaboration was the overarching theme of a public input session regarding the Creative Corridors project for downtown Winston-Salem held at the Hanesbrands Theater on Feb. 23.

So far, the process seems to be following a divisive chain of events in 2008, when the city redrew district lines after a significant round of annexation.