1. Apodaca to pull HBCU tuition provision from controversial bill. Since no one believes Senator Tom Apodaca, Phil Berger’s right-hand man, does anything out of the goodness of his heart, people got suspicious—and angry— about a provision in Senate Bill 873 that would cap tuition at five state universities at $500 per semester for in-state […]
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.
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N.C. Senate Has Crazy New Scheme to Avoid Cleaning Up Jordan Lake, Would Repeal Protective Buffers Along Waterways
SolarBees utterly failed to do anything to clean up nutrient-polluted Jordan Lake but the North Carolina Senate has another trick up its sleeve—anything to avoid actually spending the money needed to clean up a reservoir that provides drinking water to 300 thousand people. A provision in the Senate budget unveiled yesterday earmarks $500 thousand from […]
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The Problem with Wake’s Homeless-Vets Program Is That Nobody Knows It Exists
Wake County already has a program in place to match homeless veterans with housing. The problem is no one knows about it. Fresh off Memorial Day weekend, county commissioner Matt Calabria is working to raise awareness of a program he says could help end vet homelessness in Wake. The Wake County housing voucher program places […]
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Neighbors Think a Developer’s Plans for the Velvet Cloak Inn Are Too Ugly
The ornate wrought-iron detailing and balconies reminiscent of homes in New Orleans’s Garden Districtnot to mention its location on the east end of Hillsborough Street, Raleigh’s historic thoroughfarehave made the Velvet Cloak Inn an icon since the early 1960s. It’s hosted countless weddings and events, housed famous guests, and served as Governor McCrory’s campaign headquarters […]
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Right-Wing Crank Wants to Charge Wake Elections Official With Felony for “Voter Suppression”
It’s primary season (again) and Jay DeLancy from the “Voter Integrity Project” is stirring up trouble that doesn’t exist—again. But he has video this time! Selectively edited, cell-phone recorded video taken out of context, but video nonetheless. DeLancy thinks this is evidence enough to charge a Wake County precinct official with—wait for it—a felony for […]
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Activists Make Progress With City of Raleigh on Police Accountability
The Raleigh city manager and city attorney reviewed a list of requests from a coalition of activists calling for more police accountability and issued a response this week. On Wednesday evening, members of the Police Accountability and Community Task Force (PACT) met with city manager Ruffin Hall and other city leaders, where PACT members say […]
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N.C. Dems Want McCrory Press Staffer’s Communications Regarding Coal Ash
Court testimony suggests that Duke Energy officials and Josh Ellis, Gov. McCrory’s communications director, lobbied state environment and health officials to lift “do not drink” advisories for people living near coal ash ponds despite these officials’ reservations that the water wasn’t safe. The North Carolina Democratic party wants to know just how far Ellis’s involvement […]
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The Morning Roundup: Art Pope Group To Save the Day?
Good morning, fam. It’s Thursday and HB 2 remains a scourge upon this once great land. But don’t worry!1. A veritable dream team of non-government, liberal and conservative leaders has come together to “quell the furor.” The group, led by former Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker, a Democrat, and Art Pope, who needs no introduction, hopes […]
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Bill Back-Tracking Duke Energy Coal Ash Cleanup is Moving Through the Legislature
Last week, after getting news it didn’t like from North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality about having to clean up its 33 coal ash ponds across the state, Duke Energy vowed to “clarify” the state’s 2014 Coal Ash Management Law” within the next sixty days. The energy giant is making good on that promise in […]
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White Raleigh Loves Wake’s Transit Plan, But Black Raleigh Isn’t Sold
It’s a rare occasion when business representatives and environmentalists, seniors and millennials, city and country dwellers all get on the same page. But that’s what happened at the Raleigh Convention Center last week, at a public hearing on Wake County’s transit plan. Going by the dozens of mostly white, mostly affluent people who effusively praised […]
