North Carolinas Raleigh Adding City Jobs Giving Workers Raises

As Raleigh continues to recover from the recession, City Manager Russell Allen's proposed budget keeps property taxes steady while increasing utility bills, adding 40 new positions and giving employees a 3 percent raise. The budget for fiscal year 2013-14 totals $705.23 million in spending. Up from $679 million this past year, it's the highest in city history and a reflection of ...

House bill lets Raleigh state renegotiate Dix property lease

The N.C. House judiciary committee approved a bill that gives Raleigh and the state of North Carolina one year to renegotiate terms of a lease agreement for the Dorothea Dix ...

Cisco survey Bringing your own device is what all the cool kids are doing nowadays

a new survey from Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) that shows nearly half of all respondents prefer BYOD over corporate devices. Additionally, those BYOD-ers back up their mindsets with cash, spending on average $965 purchasing devices for work, and an additional $734 annually on mobile voice and data plans. But BYOD is also a factor in job selection. The survey finds that the average BYOD-er would require ...

Report Coach K to return to U.S. men’s Olympic team for 2016

Mike Krzyzewski has reportedly agreed to remain the coach of the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team. After winning gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games, it was originally thought that Coach K would step down, but it appears now that he will make a run at a third consecutive ...

Assistant COY Honorable Mention Mike Litzinger North Carolina

Surprisingly, when asked whether they would prefer to be a the big boss or an assistant, many college head coaches will tell you they'd rather be an assistant. It's a role where they often get to coach without the outside obligations a head coach must deal with.Many can talk the talk, but Mike Litzinger has walked that walk, and fewer have done it more successfully. Prior to his ...