Serving on one of Raleigh’s myriad boards or commissions can surely be thankless but board members play a crucial advisory role to the city council, and if you’re appointed to serve, you are pretty much expected to show up to meetings just like at your real job. When considering whether to re-appoint members to the […]
Jane Porter
Jane Porter is Wake County editor of the INDY, covering Raleigh and other communities across Wake County. She first joined the staff in 2013 and is a former INDY intern, staff writer, and editor-in-chief, first joining the staff in 2013.
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Republican Crybabies Are Mad at WRAL’s Laura Leslie
WRAL’s lead political reporter and Capitol Bureau Chief Laura Leslie made some astute observations on her personal Facebook page following the mass shooting in Orlando this weekend: Naturally the North Carolina Republican party is *pissed,* per this press release: WRAL’s lead political reporter and Capitol Bureau Chief Laura Leslie took to social media asserting that […]
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N.C. Court of Appeals Grants Stays in McCrory Public Records Lawsuit
The attorneys representing Governor McCrory and his administration have done everything in their power to keep communications officials from providing testimony in an ongoing public records lawsuit and last week, the North Carolina Court of Appeals threw them a bone. By granting McCrory’s counsel both a temporary stay and a stay pending appeal, the Court […]
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The Morning Roundup: More Bad Press for McCrory, Hillary Clinton’s Got Ads
Good morning, all, welcome to Thursday. 1. Fourteen teachers from public schools grassroots group Organize 2020 were arrested yesterday as they protested Governor McCrory’s education policies and other issues McCrory is popular with exactly no one these days, so unpopular in fact that some teachers from Durham were willing to march twenty-three miles to Raleigh […]
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Horrible Person Writes Horrible Letter in Wake of Orlando Mass Shooting
In a letter the News and Observer ran on its website Monday, Rexford Alexander from Apex had the following to say about the forty-nine people killed in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando Saturday night: While the N&O posted letters to its website as they came in yesterday, it didn’t publish Alexander’s letter […]
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Raleigh City Council Won’t Consider One-Time Bonuses for Police Officers, Firefighters
Updated: Council member Corey Branch abstained from voting on the budget note bonus proposal, which counts as a vote in favor. The vote still failed to get the five votes required to pass. At a budget work session Monday, Raleigh’s city council voted to wait until the completion of a citywide employee pay study before […]
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The Morning Roundup: N.C. Senate Budget Still (Mostly) Sucks
While the Senate’s teacher salary raise is happening—lawmakers are negotiating with the House on a schedule to bring salaries up to $55 thousand, average—there’s still lots of garbage to be waded through, such as mussels, vouchers and more. 1. Still not enthused about light rail. A Durham to Chapel Hill light rail line is in […]
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Durham-Based Environmental Group: Government Reports Understate Severity of Methane Emissions Across the U.S., Globally
NC Warn, an environmental watchdog organization based in Durham, filed a federal complaint Wednesday alleging that a U.S. official tried to hide the severity of methane leaks across the natural gas industry in two reports published in 2013 and 2014. The 68-page complaint to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General alleges that […]
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Does Southeast Raleigh Need a New Homeless Center?
On Sunday morning, dozens of people lined up against the brick wall outside Raleigh’s Oak City Outreach Center, waiting for a lunch of beans, rice, bread, and fruit. Inside, dozens more sat at communal tables, enjoying companionship and food offered to them on weekends, when the city’s homeless shelters are closed. The city has come […]
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Raleigh City Council Live Blog: Evening Edition
Welcome back! It’s 6:45 and council chambers are already full. People here for Airbnb have been directed to an overflow room. Dozens of police and firefighters and their supporters are here to lobby for more pay. Matt Cooper from the Raleigh Police Protective Association and Chris Ferrell, a senior firefighter, just held a press conference […]