The Statesville City Council will likely approve a fiscal year 2012-2013 budget that includes a 3-cent property tax increase.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
House would use money from mortgage settlement to balance budget
The state House budget, which was approved Wednesday, could use nearly $23 million from a blockbuster legal settlement with the nation’s largest mortgage servicers to plug budget gaps, joining dozens of states in redirecting money intended to help struggling homeowners.
Officials study safety of intersection near Reagan
The intersection at Transou and Balsom roads in Pfafftown was always dangerous, nearby residents say. But in the seven years since Reagan High School opened at that intersection, it has become, in the words of one former crossing guard, “definitely the spot in Pfafftown that everyone’s afraid of.”