The newly elected leader of the nation’s ‘best-performing’ big city says officials are ‘always trying to up the game,’ but ...

Janet Cowell, a former state treasurer and longtime political player in Raleigh, will be the city's next mayor, taking over the position from outgoing Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin.

Raleigh Mayor-elect Janet Cowell is about to have a Rip Van Winkle moment. Like the figure of lore who fell asleep for 20 years, Cowell is coming back to the Raleigh City Council two decades after ...

A recent Milken Report has ranked Raleigh among the top-performing large cities in the nation, highlighting its ongoing ...

Janet Cowell took her oath of office Monday night in a ceremony with the seven other council members, including newcomer Mitchell Silver, a former Raleigh planning director who was elected in ...

Mayor-elect Janet Cowell is preparing to hit the ground running after she is sworn in as Raleigh’s mayor on December 2nd. Part of that preparation has included speaking with Governor-elect Josh ...

Multiple communities in North and South Carolina rate highly in a new analysis of America's best-performing cities.

The Milken Institute ranked Charlotte’s metro at No. 24 out of 200 places in its 2025 Best-Performing Cities: Mapping Economic Growth across the U.S. report. This is a decrease of 14 spots, compared ...

The report noted that "Raleigh's ability to maintain a balance between its growth and affordability will likely be key" moving forward.

Hall succeeds Janet Cowell, now Raleigh’s mayor, who resigned from the position before the election. He was the city manager of Raleigh from 2013 to 2020, when he retired. The search for a new ...