Dozens of residents turned out for the City of Raleigh’s Human Relations Commission meeting Thursday, to ask commission members to look into a community oversight board that would investigate citizen complaints against police officers. Many of the residents, clad in black T-shirts and holding signs calling for justice, are members of a coalition of community […]
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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The Morning Roundup: N.C. GOP Cannot Abide Trump, Cannot Get Along
Here’s everything you need to know to get you through this Thursday. 1. Donald Trump came to North Carolina again, and protesters disrupted his rally, again. Trump rallies are dangerous places to be these days, and while I like to think Raleigh protesters were the first to disrupt a Trump-tour speech, folks in Fayetteville, where […]
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State Officials to Lee County Residents: It’s Now Safe to Drink Your Coal Ash Water
Lee County residents, whose well water was recently found to be polluted by coal ash contaminants, got an alarming surprise this week. They heard from officials from the state Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health and Human Services that their water is actually safe to drink, even though 14 private wells that […]
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Clean Energy Equals Good Business, Say Entrepreneurs
In case our state’s self-proclaimed “pro-business” lawmakers doubt that clean energy is important to the state’s business leaders, the N.C. League of Conservation Voters decided to help them out. Last week, the NCLCV convened a panel of North Carolina entrepreneurs at N.C. State’s JC Raulston Arboretum to discuss the benefits of the federal Clean Power […]
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Raleigh Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown Releases Report of Akiel Denkins Shooting
Raleigh police chief Cassandra Deck-Brown released a preliminary report Thursday afternoon that contains information regarding Monday’s officer-involved shooting that killed 24-year-old southeast Raleigh resident Akiel Denkins. According to the report, RPD Senior Officer D.C. Twiddy spotted Denkins on Bragg Street around noon on Monday. Denkins ran and Twiddy pursued him. Twiddy slipped on some gravel […]
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Rude: WRAL Would Not Feature Dallas the Pit Bull on “Pet of the Day”
Meet Dallas, a two-year-old blue brindle pit bull. He’s a Cause for Paws foster pup who’s looking for a home. Last week, Dallas, accompanied by his foster mom Brittany Carpenter and Cause for Paws outreach director Molly Doll, thought he was going to be featured on WRAL-TV’s “Pet of the Day” news segment. Carpenter says […]
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The Morning Roundup: Gov. McCrory Backs Trump, Democrats Say; Republicans Don’t Want Maya Angelou to Have a Post Office
Updated: Sen. Burr has in fact weighed in on Congresswoman Alma Adams’ proposal to name a Winston-Salem post office after Maya Angelou. Both he and Sen. Thom Tillis support the bill. See below. Good morning, everyone. Early voting starts in North Carolina today, so make sure you head to the polls, stat! Remember, your participation […]
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Candidate Charles Meeker Would Take Labor Commissioner’s Picture Out of North Carolina’s Elevators
North Carolina Department of Labor Commissioner-slash-Elevator Queen Cherie Berry is so well known, she’s inspired songs dedicated to her. Who doesn’t love the smiling commissioner with the delightfully fruity-sounding name whose picture is in every elevator in the state? Well, probably most people who have actually had to deal with Cherie Berry’s Department of Labor […]
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Lawsuit Update: The State Wants to Limit Our Access to Documents
“More foot dragging.” That’s how Mike Tadych the attorney for the INDY and a coalition of media outlets and nonprofits suing the McCrory administration over its handling of public records requestsdescribed the defendants’ recent machinations in the case. “[The defendants] have taken the position of, A, we have produced everything listed in your complaint, and, […]
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Raleigh Cops Want a Raise
In a video that’s circulating online, Bobby Hudson, an officer with the Raleigh Police Department, talks about working twelve-hour shifts each day to support his family. “I cannot live in the city of Raleigh with the pay being so low; just my mortgage alone takes up one of my entire paychecks,” Hudson says. Hudson says […]