Residents are voicing concerns about rising and sometimes inequitable property taxes.
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Formerly Incarcerated Raleigh Activist Buys NC Prison
Kerwin Pittman purchased the abandoned Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro to to create re-entry housing and a workforce campus for people who have served time.
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Duke Bus Driver At Risk of Losing Protected Immigration Status
The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans, making Luis Alonso Juárez, well-known across Duke’s campus, eligible for removal.
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New Low-Barrier Shelter in Raleigh Moves Forward
Second Street Place will remove common barriers to entry so anyone can walk in and access shelter and support.
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Durham Childcare Center Prepares to Close Amid Loss of Federal Stabilization Grants
Rising expenses and state and federal childcare subsidies haven’t kept pace with the cost of doing business.
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Durham Leaders Hope 2024 Will Be Different for Local Workforce Housing Legislation
Bills introduced in House, Senate to allow Board of Ed, county to build housing for teachers, law enforcement
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Raleigh City Council Approves $5 Million for New Pilot Program to Address Homelessness
City staffers will ask the council for additional funds for homelessness prevention and diversion initiatives and support for nonprofits during the city’s annual budget process.
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Development Pressures, Higher Taxes Threaten to Displace Black Homeowners in Southeast Raleigh
Advocates call for reforms, urge residents to challenge property assessments.
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Many Inhabitants of Tent Camp on U.S. 70 Left Before Raleigh’s Tuesday Morning Deadline
Friends and relatives arrived in pickup trucks and SUVs to help the luckier ones move from the site, which is owned by the State of North Carolina.
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Forty Unhoused Residents Must Leave Wake County Homeless Encampment or Face Arrest
Advocates for the people in the encampment called a press conference Tuesday to bring attention to what they are calling an “act of unmitigated cruelty.”