Michael Bacon, a Durham blogger at The Bull in Full, saw the banner ad atop The Herald-Sun‘s web site inviting him to “Go ahead. Tell us what you really think,” and decided to give it a go. But it’s unclear whether it worked, and what exactly the concept/idea/point of H-S‘s new blog is. Bacon’s post […]
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B.H. Hudson gets her due at NCCU
The popular longtime host of “Morning Jazz” on WNCU 90.7 FM, B.H. Hudson, has been promoted to program director of North Carolina Central University’s radio station, The Herald-Sun reports (reg. required). She has worked at the station for 13 years, and in public radio for 30. (For more about Hudson, see this Indy profile from […]
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Bad economic news snapshot
Unemployment is 7 percent in North Carolina, half a percent above the national average, according to October figures released today. The state could face a budget shortfall of more than $3 billion next year (PDF). State schools are being asked to cut their budgets by $58 million. UNC’s endowment has lost 13 percent of its […]
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City Manager Bonfield has a new plan for Durham
Durham’s always been at the mercy of its city manager, for better or worse or worse still. Lately, signs are pointing to a change for the better under the leadership of Tom Bonfield. Today’s N&O story, headlined “No bull for the Bull City,” gives props to Bonfield for an emphasis on — yes, Virginia — […]
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Cary developer in Chapter 11
We all know the real estate market is in bad shape, but this is a pretty serious indicator of how bad: MacGregor Development, which built the quintessential Cary golf-course communities of MacGregor Downs and Lochmere, is in bankruptcy, Triangle Business Journal reports. The company was founded in the 1960s and has survived one bankruptcy in […]
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Democracy NC: Early voting favored Dems
Confirming what we knew by Election Night, Democracy North Carolina has crunched the state’s voting numbers and found: Obama, Hagan and Perdue each led by more than 300,000 votes after Early Voting, then lost on Election Day North Carolina’s turnout rate was 70 percent, the highest since 1968. Wake and Durham counties were in the […]
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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s next move?
President-elect Obama is making plans for his own appointments to the Federal Communications Commission. So Martin, the North Carolina native appointed by President Bush, is looking for a new job. At a dinner in Washington this week, Martin reportedly joked about running for mayor of Wilmington, the first media market in the country to make […]
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How an idea becomes a bill
While not exactly dishy, Gerry Cohen’s blog Drafting Musings is an interesting window onto Jones Street. Today, the North Carolina General Assembly’s director of bill drafting presents an explanation of how the process works. Notable: 884 bills became law in the 2007-2008 session, out of nearly 5,700 requests made of the 15-member bill drafting department. […]
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Raleigh Prop 8 protest is on @ Halifax Mall
Map and other details are here. This full press release came this morning from organizers: Raleigh, NC Media Contact: Will Elliott, (919) 795-4966 e-mail: NCAgainstH8 [at] gmail [dot] com Facebook event Join the Impact Since November 4, 2008, tens of thousands of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community members and their supporters have taken […]
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UNC law prof Gene Nichol
Yes, we can, our president-elect has told us. Yet it’s not apparent whom “we” will include. Discussion of Wall Street and Main Street doesn’t necessarily address those living on the other side of the tracks. After returning from a controversial stint as president of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, Gene Nichol, a […]