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 […]
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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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 […]
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Cary Town Council Votes to Amend Its Comprehensive Plan
The Cary Town Council voted 6-1 this evening to amend a portion of its official land-use map from residential to commercial, likely to allow for a Publix grocery store to be built directly adjacent to the Arlington Park subdivision in the northwestern part of the town. Neighbors have opposed the comprehensive plan amendment, but Council […]
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The Morning Roundup: Governor Pat McCrory Cannot Stop Getting Sued
Good morning everyone! We’re not in Kansas anymore but it’s still windy out there. Here are your headlines: 1. Yes, it’s true: another complaint against McCrory has been filed. This time Progress NC, a “liberal advocacy group,” is accusing the Guv of blurring the lines between his reelection campaign committee and a committee he organized […]
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Citizen Award: Lori Hensley Is Changing the Landscape of Canine Care
It’s a mild February morning, and a dozen people are hammering wire to wood, building a fence in a grassy backyard off Ashe Street in east Durham. The fence builders are from the Coalition to Unchain Dogs, an animal welfare and community outreach organization founded in 2008. Lori Hensley, a woman with a warm demeanor […]
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Raleigh Cops Are Mad at Beyoncé
Update: Last night the Raleigh police union members voted unanimously not to boycott the Beyoncé show. Raleigh’s police union, Teamsters Local 391, apparently has a lot of free time of its hands. According to the local’s vice president, Rick Armstrong, the Raleigh union will meet Tuesday evening (after we go to press) to discuss one […]
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Citizen Award: How Nation Hahn Turned Tragedy into a Mission
Two-thirds of North Carolina’s public school students are enrolled in free and reduced lunch programs, according to the state’s Department of Public Instruction. At the last statewide point-in-time count, three thousand students were identified as being truly homeless; twenty-seven thousand lacked stable housing. Some folks view the issues that face impoverished students in North Carolina […]
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Deah Barakat’s Sister Admonishes Trump for Anti-Muslim Remarks
Donald Trump went to South Carolina this weekend and said something gross again. And then he won the Republican primary!The New York Times has a report on Trump’s comments during a rally to the effect of him praising an American general who, per unsubstantiated Internet rumor, executed a group of Muslim terrorists by shooting them […]
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The Morning Roundup: Duke Won Again and Democrats Will Probably Lose, Again
Good morning, everyone. It’s important to note here that Thursday is little Friday. News is as follows: 1. Yesterday, Republican lawmakers unveiled a court-ordered, redrawn map of North Carolina’s 13 congressional districts, and it is something: Here’s the old map, for comparison: So while it looks a little less like the Republicans threw spaghetti at […]
