Raleigh mayor candidate Janet Cowell answers our questions
Sep 25, 2024
By: Josh Shaffer
I’ve served on Raleigh City Council, in the North Carolina Senate, and as North Carolina State Treasurer. During my eight years as Treasurer, I and my staff grew the state pension fund from $60 billion to $90 billion with an annual return of 7.5% per year allowing over a million state and local government workers and their families to enjoy a secure retirement.
Finance to public service, she embodies what it means to be strong and compassionate
Jul 1, 2024
By: Amanda Lamb
Growing up in Tennessee, thanks to her parents, Janet Cowell just knew she had a big life ahead of her. After getting an undergraduate degree and multiple graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, including an MBA from Wharton, she followed the finance path. But examples in her family continued to pull her and her heartstrings in the direction of public service. Janet served as a Raleigh city councilor, a state senator, and as North Carolina’s State Treasurer. Now, she’s campaigning to be Raleigh’s next mayor.
Morning Show
May 31, 2024
By: WPTF
The November election has a number of races that will shape the landscape nationally and across our state but a little closer to home, we have a number of municipal elections and one of the races that will be decided by voters this fall is the race for Raleigh Mayor after incumbent mayor, Mary Ann Baldwin announced she would not seek another term as the leader of the Capitol City.
Raleigh buried a network of streams and creeks. They could be making a comeback.
Mar 30, 2024
By: Ned Barnett
One vehicle lies stranded by the bridge leading into the back side of Crabtree Valley Mall off Crabtree Ave. in Raleigh, NC, on Tuesday morning, April 25, 2017. Heavy rains all day Monday and through the night caused a lot of flooding in the area as creeks and rivers overflowed. The mall was closed Tuesday due to the floods.
Here's who is running to be Raleigh's next mayor
Jan 23, 2024
By: Lucille Sherman & Zachery Eanes
On Monday, Janet Cowell — the CEO of the Dix Park Conservancy as well as a former state treasurer and Raleigh City Council member — launched her campaign for mayor of the City of Oaks. Cowell enters the race with the endorsements of former mayors Charles Meeker and Nancy McFarlane and is already busy raising campaign funds.
TBJ Plus: Big name enters Raleigh mayoral race
Jan 22, 2024
By: Cameron Snipes
Former North Carolina State Treasurer Janet Cowell has officially thrown her hat in the ring for mayor of Raleigh. Cowell, now the CEO of Dix Park Conservency, announced her candidacy on X (formerly known as Twitter) and said she will pull on her
Former NC State Treasurer Janet Cowell to run for Raleigh mayor
Jan 22, 2024
By: Anna Johnson
Janet Cowell, a former Raleigh City Council member and former state treasurer, is running to be Raleigh’s next mayor. “As mayor, I’ll work every day to build a city that works together for everyone,” she said in a news release Monday morning.