local government

A new report suggests the City of Greensboro is facing an affordable housing crisis. 

Amid public calls to reduce police spending, Winston-Salem City Council has agreed to give the city's police and firefighters a raise.

The City of Winston-Salem is applying for more federal funding to support those without stable housing during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Greensboro's City Council is brainstorming changes they'd like to see made within the city's police department. 

Greensboro's city council is debating potential changes to law enforcement policy in the wake of widespread racial justice protests. 

Greensboro City Council passed an annual budget on Tuesday that included several cuts to offset losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 

A proposal to allot $1 million from Winston-Salem's police budget to anti-poverty initiatives has collapsed, despite calls from activists to defund the department. 

Members of Winston-Salem's City Council discussed shifting funding away from the police department at a meeting Monday.

Mostly peaceful demonstrations in the city on Saturday and Sunday gave way to unrest after nightfall in response to the death of George Floyd. 

Winston-Salem's City Council voted Monday to appoint Morticia Parmon to represent the Northeast Ward. The seat was held for decades by Dr. Vivian Burke, who died May 5.