Tag search result for: Emerging Issues Forum

Pink to speak at N.C. State forum

bkrueger — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:29:31 -0400

Best-selling author Daniel Pink, an expert on innovation and competition, will speak at the Emerging Issues Forum next year.

Pink’s best-known work is “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will the Future and “The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need.”

Pols see infrastructure as key

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:08:39 -0500

Can infrastructure spending turn the economy around?

A number of current and former politicians argued that long-delayed road, transit and water system projects can generate jobs and give a jolt to the economy.

Speaking at the annual Emerging Issues Forum in Raleigh, former Gov. Jim Hunt said the state can do "big and bold things that can last a long time."

Engineer: N.C. needs some work

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:48:14 -0500

The U.S has quit changing the oil of its car.

That was the analogy made Monday by Wayne Klotz, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, during a talk in downtown Raleigh, Rob Christensen reports.

Earlier this year, the engineers released a reporting giving the U.S. a grade of "D" for keeping up its infrastructure.

Perdue on vacation

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:10:39 -0500

Gov. Beverly Perdue is on vacation this week at an undisclosed location.

Chrissy Pearson, Perdue's spokeswoman, said she had long planned a vacation this week with her husband, Bob Eaves.

Pearson said she did not know where Perdue was vacationing, but the unconfirmed gossip at the Emerging Issues forum was that she was out of the country, Rob Christensen reports.

Shuler, Price spar over stimulus

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:40:54 -0500

There was a sharp disagreement over the stimulus package this morning, with U.S. Rep. David Price defending the House package, and Rep. Health Shuler criticizing it.

Better than nothing?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:38:54 -0500

Dodd: Stimulus won't save economy

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:18:15 -0500

RALEIGH — Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut said the stimulus package making its way through Congress was a necessary step toward an economic recovery.

Binker: Easley's not campaigning

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:37:10 -0500

Mark Binker says Gov. Mike Easley's not running for anything.

The Greensboro News & Record reporter picked up on the same High Campaign Mode speechifying at the Emerging Issues Forum that Dome and others heard.

Easley kicks up the rhetoric, again

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:09:24 -0500

What is Mike Easley campaigning for?

For the second time, a North Carolina political observer has noticed the term-limited governor shift rhetorical gears into High Campaign Mode.

Announcing a new hybrid car battery initiative at the Emerging Issues Forum today, Easley's feisty style raised the "national ambitions" question anew, Charlotte Observer editor Jack Betts writes on his blog:

Easley's plug-in plug

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:27:40 -0500