A good morning to you! News: 1. Golden Belt historic district passes. A marathon Durham City Council meeting ended, after a great deal of public discussion, with the council voting 4-3 to approve the formation of a historic district in Golden Belt. As our own Lauren Horsch reported last week, the plan has been opposed […]
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Clown Story Far from Over
There are, by my count, at least two news stories involving a clown and a machete in the past twenty-four hours. One involves an Insane Clown Posse fan chopping off his friend’s pinky finger as part of some kind of ritualistic memorial ceremony for a fallen Juggalo. RIP. The other clown-and-machete story comes from just […]
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Evil Clown Reports Have Migrated from South Carolina to, Oh God, North Carolina
Hope everybody is enjoying their Labor Day. Did you know that the holiday was signed into law in 1894 by President Grover Cleveland, following the Pullman Stri—THE CLOWNS ARE IN NORTH CAROLINA NOW. As we noted last week, police in South Carolina have experienced a rash of reports of clowns lurking around Greenville and trying […]
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Uber Really, Really Doesn’t Pay Very Well, According to a Lawsuit Filed in North Carolina
Offended by companies that don’t pay their workers a living wage? Maybe you shouldn’t take an Uber home from the bars tonight, then. Michael Hood has been driving for Uber in Forsyth County since September 2015. According to a recently filed class action lawsuit in the Middle District of North Carolina, he drives, on average, […]
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The Morning Roundup: New Republican Leadership, a Big Tropical Storm, and Creepy Clowns Lurking in the Woods
Hello, everyone. Your Wednesday news: 1. N.C. House Republicans select new majority leader, whip. Representative Mike Hager’s surprise resignation earlier this month opened up the spot of majority leader in the N.C. House of Representatives. It has officially been filled as of yesterday. Representative John Bell, of Goldsboro, will replace Hager in the position. Bell […]
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Duke Energy May Build a Natural Gas Plant on Duke University’s Campus
In May, about thirty-six hours after the last day of finals let out, Duke University issued a press release announcing a partnership with the other hugely powerful Duke in North Carolina: Duke Energy. The utility intends to buildand operate for thirty-five years into the futurea large natural gas plant on the university’s campus. Nothing is […]
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‘Transgenderism’ Is a ‘Feeling,’ Explains Dan Forest, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
Confused by all this talk lately about “transgender” people in North Carolina? Don’t even bother trying to figure it out for yourself. Just ask Dan Forest, a straight, white, Christian, conservative man who somehow ended up being elected lieutenant governor of the ninth largest state in the country. Sure, Dan’s got weird beliefs on most […]
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The Morning Roundup: Lara Trump is from North Carolina and Some Other Things
It’s Wednesday. Your morning news: 1. Duke grad students will unionize. The National Labor Relations Board ruled yesterday that graduate teaching and research assistants at Columbia University are entitled to collective bargaining. This decision is certain to set off a chain of grad-student organizing at private universities across the United States. That includes Duke, whose […]
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The Morning Roundup: An HB 2 Twist, a UPS Protest, and an Indictment in Raleigh
Hello. Your news: 1. Texas judge throws wrench into HB 2 process. An Obama administration order advising school districts to allow transgender students to be given access to restrooms based on their gender identity has been blocked by a federal judge in Texas. From WUNC: U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor has granted a preliminary, nationwide […]
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The Morning Roundup: Early Voting, Chatham Zoning, Wake Schools, Tim Kaine
Good morning to you. Today’s news: 1. Battle for early voting in North Carolina continues. A federal appeals court smacked down North Carolina’s racist voter-ID law last month, but that’s not the end of the story. Fights over early voting hours and locations are currently playing out in counties across North Carolina. The Nationrounds up […]
