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Chapel Hill Could Change Town Boards and Commissions
It’s Tuesday, April 2. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. Each month, Chapel Hill’s town staff spends an estimated $10,000 worth of time preparing materials for the town’s 20 or so volunteer boards and commissions. “I’m sorry, did you say $10,000?” interrupted town council member Paris Miller-Foushee when a town staffer first mentioned […]
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“We Come Here Broken and Desperate:” A Deep Look at the Durham Rescue Mission
It’s Monday, April 1. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. On an average night, the Durham Rescue Mission houses more than 450 people between its campuses and off-site housing. Last year, it reported serving half a million meals and providing 167,000 nights of shelter. The Mission, one of Durham’s largest providers of homeless […]
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NCAA Basketball Tournament Moves on Without UNC
It’s Friday, March 29. Support the INDY Press Club. Welcome to the weekend, readers. As of this morning, four of the six Triangle-based basketball teams in the NCAA tournament are still fighting for a championship, and in somewhat of a plot twist, none of them are UNC. The men’s team sustained a crushing two-point loss […]
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Judge Weighs Releasing Body-Cam Footage in Botched Raid on Raleigh Family
It’s Thursday, March 28. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. In December, the INDY and our partner newsroom The Assembly joined on to a lawsuit that a Raleigh family is bringing against the city of Raleigh to release officer-worn body-camera footage of a botched raid of their home. In April 2021, an RPD […]
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Harm Reduction Efforts Across the Triangle
It’s Wednesday, March 27. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. Last fall, we published a story from Duke student journalist Charlotte Kramon and our partners at The Assembly about a UNC student’s overdose death on Duke’s campus. Following trials in federal court, two Durham residents were found guilty of drug trafficking and sentenced […]
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Durham City and Schools Workers Push for Higher Pay
It’s Tuesday, March 26. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. Since last fall, we’ve been tracking two major stories of workers and wages in the Bull City. Today, we have updates on both. In September, Durham city waste workers walked off the job in protest of low wages. And while their efforts were […]
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Raleigh City Council Considers Election Changes
It’s Monday, March 25. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. It was a big weekend for Triangle basketball. Congrats to all the fans with teams in the Sweet Sixteen. Here are four stories we’re watching as March Madness continues. But as basketball carries on, there’s a consequential debate developing in Raleigh’s City Council. […]
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College Basketball is Taking Over the Triangle
It’s Friday, March 22. Thanks to this week’s sponsor: The Nasher Museum is proud to present María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold. The exhibition spans nearly four decades of the artist’s work in photography, installation, video, painting and performance. Her practice embraces the eye of the artist as a tool for witnessing the world with beauty, care and empathy. Support the INDY Press Club. Welcome to the madness, readers. College basketball is taking over the […]
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Durham Child Custody Court Prohibits Parents from Speaking to Media
It’s Thursday, March 21. Thanks to this week’s sponsor: The Nasher Museum is proud to present María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold. The exhibition spans nearly four decades of the artist’s work in photography, installation, video, painting and performance. Her practice embraces the eye of the artist as a tool for witnessing the world with beauty, care and empathy. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. Late last year, we republished a three-part investigative […]