Lunchtime shoppers picking up groceries for the weekend at the Cameron Village Harris Teeter were in for not exactly a treat Friday afternoon, and they certainly would have thought twice before purchasing any Tyson Foods chicken products. Mercy For Animals activists, accompanied by 7-foot-tall “Abby the Abused Chicken” born of a Hollywood special effects studio, […]
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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Fact-checking Gov. McCrory’s hissy fit over proposed EPA carbon rules
Last week Gov. Pat McCrory issued a statement slamming the EPA’s clean power plan on the grounds that it is legally flawed and will raise the state’s electricity rates, and alleging that the EPA “has improperly interpreted the Clean Air Act to regulate emissions from coal-fired power plants.” In true McCrory style—the governor has spent […]
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Democracy North Carolina calls for criminal probe of sweepstakes donations
In the years leading up to 2012, pseudo-legal video sweepstakes parlors were popping up across North Carolina, Pat McCrory’s campaign was getting into gear and Thom Tillis and Phil Berger were seeking to preserve their roles as House Speaker and Senate President Pro Tempore. Gambling industry players, mired in court cases and needing the protection […]
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Raleigh City Council approves sale of Stone’s Warehouse
The sprawling, rundown 85-year-old Stone’s warehouse at 500 East Davie Street won’t be used for affordable housing, but the developers purchasing the building say they will transform the space into the next best thing: a grocery store, market and community gathering place for southeast Raleigh residents. Following a public hearing Tuesday evening, Raleigh’s City Council […]
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Aldona Wos is out as NC DHHS Secretary
Gov. Pat McCrory, who is slightly more popular than that guy who shot Cecil the lion, is slowly being deserted by high-ranking members of his cabinet. The latest to go is the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Aldona Wos. She will be resigning according to an announcement the Governor made […]
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Live blogging the Raleigh City Council meetings today
12:55: Welcome to the INDY’s Raleigh City Council live blog! There’s a lot going on today and the Council chambers are filling up fast. 12:58: This is not on the agenda (too last minute), but at yesterday’s UDO work session, Councilman Maiorano made a motion to place consideration of two parcels of land off of […]
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Raleigh City Council will vote on changes to fuel sales in residential areas today
Gas stations—who needs ’em, right? Not in our backyards, thank you. This sentiment is the essence of a text change approved by the City Council’s Comprehensive Planning Committee last week to limit fuel sales in certain residential areas—the full City Council will vote this afternoon whether to accept the committee’s recommendation. (This particular zoning, NX, […]
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Raleigh’s Crabtree Jones House is finally under contract
The Crabtree Jones House was built in 1809, for the prominent Wake County and state politician, Nathaniel “Crabtree” Jones, and the Jones family continued to live in the house until 1973, when it was sold off for development. Formerly located on Wake Forest Road, the home was threatened with demolition in 2012. Preservation North Carolina […]
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While downtown Raleigh’s condos boom, its retail busts
Trig Modern, with its quirky, curvilinear furniture designs, metal and glass light fixtures, and funky, geometrical chandeliers, is exactly the kind of cool, local, independent store Raleigh wants downtown. Too bad the owner can’t afford it. Bob Drake, a tall man with graying hair and a warm demeanor, has been in the 3,900-square-foot space at […]
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Live blogging Raleigh’s Law and Public Safety Committee Meeting
Welcome to the INDY’s live blog of Raleigh’s late July Law and Public Safety Committee. We’ll be following the committee’s discussion of the proposed outdoor drinking rules that a task force, composed of city staff, resident reps and bar and restaurant owners, have worked on for the past six weeks. There are more than 100 […]