The crisscrossing red and blue lines jump off the black, painted-brick background under the green Bruegger’s Bagels sign in Raleigh’s Ridgewood shopping center. This is the work of nationally renowned street artist James Marshall, aka Dalek. (Yes, nerds, the Doctor Who reference is intentional.) His mural is a gift to the city he now calls […]
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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North Carolina’s newest anti-immigrant law could harm more than 170,000 children
We knew the so-called Protect North Carolina Workers Act, signed by the governor last month, would be bad for immigrants. It could be bad for U.S. citizens too—specifically, children. Research from children and families advocacy groups NC Child and First Focus estimates that the new law could harm more than 170,000 U.S. citizen children from […]
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Five questions with Raleigh-based artist Dalek
You may have seen the bright mural that’s popped up on the Bruegger’s Bagels building in Raleigh’s Ridgewood shopping center recently. It’s the work of the artist Dalek, who’s made his home here in Raleigh after stints living in Chicago and New York City. Raleigh was recently identified by American Express and the national “Shop […]
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A local AIDS nonprofit has payment problems with a former employee. How far do the problems go?
In October of last year, Mary K Mart hung up her red wig and high heels. She was done hosting drag-bingo fundraising events for a nonprofit she’d worked with for 12 years. In October of this year, Mary, the alter ego of Randy Light, received a cease-and-desist letter from her former employer’s attorney, demanding that […]
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Wake County leaders vote to pay all county workers a living wage
As expected, Wake County’s seven-member board of commissioners voted unanimously Monday to raise pay for all county workers to a minimum of $13.50 per hour, establishing a minimum annual salary of $28,080 per year. 75 county employees will see a pay increase, beginning next month, and it will cost the county $93,000 a year to […]
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Raleigh’s City Council adopted the UDO Remapping
Parcels of land in downtown Raleigh will be up-zoned to max out the building heights that will be allowed. North Raleigh residents can expect 30,000 square feet of retail space at the intersection of Dunn and Falls of Neuse Roads, and all the traffic and noise that comes with it. It’s been six long years […]
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The state of North Carolina finally sold those six historic Oakwood homes
Back in July, North Carolina’s state property office announced that it was finally selling six long-neglected, historic homes on Person Street, all of which are in or near Raleigh’s Oakwood historic district. Longtime Oakwood resident and neighborhood expert Matthew Brown learned last week that the offer he made on the 3,500-square-foot, Queen Anne’s style Lamar […]
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North Carolina’s law banning registered sex offenders from social media is “bad law, bad policy,” according to ACLU
On Friday, North Carolina’s state Supreme Court ruled that banning registered sex offenders from social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter is constitutional, reversing an earlier decision by the North Carolina Court of Appeals. In 2008, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a package of laws supported by Attorney General Roy Cooper barring registered sex […]
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Dickie Thompson wins Raleigh City Council District A seat
No surprise here: Dickie Thompson—Democrat, RDU Airport Authority chair, and the Mayor’s personal choice for Raleigh’s District A—beat Eddie Woodhouse for the seat in a runoff election last night, winning 58 percent of the vote to Woodhouse’s 42 percent. This means there won’t be a single Republican on the Council for the first time since […]
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Commuter rail is stalled on the tracks
On a rainy evening last week, dozens of people crammed into the cozy Boylan Bridge Brewpub, just up the hill from the site of Raleigh’s future Union Station. The crowd was in good spirits, and not just because the beer was flowing; the event marked the kickoff of advocacy group WakeUp Wake County’s fundraising efforts […]
