U.S. Circuit Judge Roger L. Gregory ordered Friday that the voting maps for North Carolina’s 1st and 12th congressional districts be redrawn by Feb. 19, after a federal court panel found that they were racially gerrymandered by state lawmakers in 2011. From the ruling: The plaintiffs contend that the congressional map adopted by the North […]
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: Obamacare, More Iowa and UNC Raises
Updated: Insurance commissioner Wayne Goodwin told the INDY this afternoon that he “never opposed Medicaid expansion,” as former NC DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos had stated in an article linked to on this blog post. “I have been very publicly for [Medicaid expansion] for a long time and have never been opposed to it as Secretary […]
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Raleigh’s 10-year arts plan goes to City Council today.
Raleigh has a 10-year plan for the arts, and the vision, called “Creative Life,” is as progressive as it is ambitious. This is probably as it should be for a city where arts, festivals and cultural events contribute more than $150 million to the local economy, and where there’s a clear demand for all kinds […]
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Four more state-owned, historic homes for sale in downtown Raleigh
The state of North Carolina is on a roll, it seems, unloading various historic properties it owns in downtown Raleigh. The latest homes to go up for sale are four located on the 400 block of North Blount Street, ranging in price from $265,000 to $800,000. See floor plans and find out more about the […]
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North Carolina no longer least unionized state in the nation
Remember when North Carolina held the dubious distinction of being the least unionized state in the nation? Well, those days are over, as new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that that mantle has fallen to our neighbor to the south, South Carolina. In South Carolina, only 2.1 percent of all employed […]
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The Morning Roundup: Fundraising, school choosing and Raleigh outdoor dining
Good morning, folks, we corralled your headlines so you’re ready to crush Thursday. 1. Low performing schools could be given one of three horrible options. Yesterday, Rep. Rob Bryan, R-Mecklenburg, presented a bill to to a special committee of lawmakers that would create a statewide district, called the Achievement School District, under which the State […]
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A divisive street-improvement plan raises questions about Raleigh’s citizen-petition process
Ryan Barnum lives at 1300 Lorimer Road, a shady, narrow street in west Raleigh. When he bought his 1950s house last April for $284,000, he’d never heard of an in-the-works proposal to install a 6-foot sidewalk on a stretch of that street, along with curbs, gutters and storm drains. Soon after he closed, a woman […]
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HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell tells North Carolina residents to get covered
Were you planning on signing up for health care coverage this year through North Carolina’s health insurance marketplace? If so, you’d better do it soon—enrollment ends on Sunday. According to recent estimates from the Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina ranks third in total number of enrollments for health insurance, with more than […]
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The Ongoing Chronicles of Kay Daly: A would-be congressman, who is a woman
In today’s installment of questionable things said by Kay Daly, per her campaign Facebook page: “If elected, I will be one of only two females in Congress who refers to herself as CongressMAN.” Kay Daly links to a story about the U.S. Navy changing its lexicon to be more gender-inclusive, since, according to the article, […]
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Trophy Brewing muralist Kevin Lyon’s monsters adorn Vans sneakers
Renowned graphic artist Kevin Lyons’ army of monsters has held the east wall of the Trophy Brewing building captive for a little more than a month now. The mural was a joint venture between Lyons, truth (to keep teens from smoking) and Vans, the venerable skateboarding shoe and clothing brand. Since street art is by […]