The highlight of today’s Joint Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting public hearings came about forty minutes in, when state Representative Bill Brawley could be heard on the audio feed from Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte yelling at constituents. A particularly eloquent speaker named Gene Millsaps had just wrapped up his comments urging members of […]
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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Raleigh Bar and Rock Club Kings Is Being Sued for Using the Term “Barcade”
According to a report in the Triangle Business Journal this morning, a New York City-based chain of arcade bars called Barcade Inc. is suing Kings, a bar and music venue in downtown Raleigh, for using the trademarked term “barcade” in its marketing. Barcade Inc. says it has had a trademark on “barcade” since 2008; it […]
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Was a General Assembly Fiscal Analyst Forced Out over Tension with Republican Leaders? (Updated)
Kris Nordstrom, a public education fiscal analyst in the General Assembly’s nonpartisan Fiscal Research division, resigned from his job effective Friday, according to a General Assembly spokeswoman. Sources say the move was not voluntary. (Nordstrom declined to comment for this story.) Nordstrom, who holds a master’s degree in public policy from Duke, worked at the […]
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The Morning Roundup: Winter Is Coming
Shiver me timbers, friends. It’s twenty-three degrees and sunny. But don’t worry, because Thursday is little Friday! 1. It’s cold. It will stay cold. 2. The General Assembly’s Environmental Review Commission met yesterday morning.Topics of discussion included: how to dispose of solar panels once they reach their expiration date twenty years from now, and whether […]
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N.C. State’s Student Newspaper Honors Memories of Deah, Yusor, and Razan
It’s been a year to the day since Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha, and Razan Abu-Salha were killed in Chapel Hill. All three young people—Deah and Yusor, who were married, and Razan, Yusor’s sister—grew up in Raleigh, and all three had studied at N.C. State. Nineteen-year-old Razan was in her second semester, studying architecture, while Deah, […]
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If N.C. Lawmakers Want Me to Make Babies, Maybe They Should Act Like It
When Republicans in the General Assembly were attempting to push through their latest raft of abortion restrictions last yeartheir efforts culminated in a seventy-two-hour waiting periodstate Representative Pat McElraft, R-Carteret, made this profoundly stupid comment: “We are multitaskers here in the General Assembly. I am absolutely an advocate for jobs, but we can do lots […]
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In Cary, Neighbors Fight Yet Another Grocery Store
Matt Schwabel knew two years ago when he bought his home that the woods adjacent to the property, in the Arlington Park subdivision in northwest Cary, could be developed some day. The land is zoned as residential in the town’s comprehensive plan. So he expected more single-family homes or townhouses. “I thought I might have […]
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North Carolina, the State, Is Not Like Donald Trump, the Person
Among Republican voters, Donald Trump—still!—leads in the polls in North Carolina. But here is some news North Carolinians can be proud of: the state is the fifth most unlike the Donald, according to a study from real estate company Estately, which looked at seven Trump-esque metrics: 1. Percentage of residents married three times or more […]
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N.C. Lawmakers Appeal Redistricting Decision, Ask for Stay on Map Redrawing
Well, this is not surprising: in the wake of a federal judge’s opinion that two North Carolina congressional districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered in 2011, the state has filed a motion to appeal the decision. Lawmakers have also asked the panel of three federal judges that issued the decision to place a stay on the ruling, […]
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The Ongoing Chronicles of Kay Daly: Kay Daly Is Not Running Out of Things to Complain About on Facebook Today
Kay Daly must have eaten a whole bag of lemons because boy, is she sour! Kay Daly would like you to know that she’s really against women serving in combat, a non-issue that was brought up during the GOP debate Saturday night. Kay Daly is also against military commanders prioritizing climate change in their operations, […]