San Jose airport deal goes south 18th August 2006 Negotiations have broken down between San Jose, Calif., and San Francisco-based Bechtel Infrastructure Group over a $712 million contract to upgrade Mineta San Jose International Airport
Court refuses to delay former Atlanta mayor’s prison sentence 18th August 2006 Former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell apparently will have to begin his 2½-year prison sentence on Monday now that an appeals court judge has denied his request for an appeal bond
Men and women split 50/50 in Anchorage 17th August 2006 The gender split in Anchorage, Alaska, is now 50/50, ending men’s decades-old domination of the city’s population. Economic improvement, social changes that make it more acceptable for women to work
Maryland gubernatorial candidates cross on the Purple Line 17th August 2006 The two candidates for governor of Maryland are trying to outdo each other in showing support for the Purple Line, a proposed rail or bus line between two of Washington’s biggest suburbs.
New York area attracts college graduates 17th August 2006 More than one-third of the population of the New York metropolitan area had at least a bachelor’s degree in 2005. Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that highly educated people
1,100-home development in California approved 17th August 2006 A Los Angeles judge has approved a 1,100-home development in Santa Clarita, Calif., overruling protests from environmentalists who claimed that there is not enough water to support the project
Billings, Mont., declines neighbor’s sewer plan 16th August 2006 Plans for a $16 million community sewer project in the unincorporated community of Lockwood, Mont., are in doubt following a rejection of the plan by the Billings City Council
Bangor, Maine, approves expensive improvements to golf course 16th August 2006 The Bangor, Maine, City Council voted to build a maintenance building at its municipal golf course despite misgivings about the more than $500,000 cost of what one council member called
Woman seeks way around Tennessee’s cap on cities’ liability 16th August 2006 A Tennessee woman and her husband have started a campaign to reform a state law that caps cities’ liability for damages. Terrie Fish faces more than $400,000 in medical bills as the result of an accident with a Nashville police officer
Population shrinking in rural Nebraska counties 15th August 2006 Declining birth rates, rising death rates and the exodus of young people are shrinking the population of Nebraska’s rural counties. A report from the Omaha-based Center for Public Affairs Research showed that half of the counties in the state have higher death rates
Young Leaders Episode 4 – Cyril Jefferson – City Councilman, High Point, North Carolina 13th October 2020