A real estate attorney, Wayne Maiorano was handpicked by the development community to represent its interests on the Raleigh City Council. But as Maiorano soon learned, it’s hard to be an effective Council member when recusing yourself from everything from granting contracts, to zoning cases, to Comprehensive Plan amendments, to site plan hearings becomes less […]
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.
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Candidates announce for Raleigh City Council Districts A and E
After City Councilman Wayne Maiorano dropped his not-running-for-reelection bombshell Wednesday afternoon, Council watchers and Raleigh nerds were all aflutter with speculation. Who will run in District A? This guy? Maybe not. He’s not saying yet. But, this guy—JB Buxton—told N&O city reporter Andy Specht yesterday that he’s planning on running… In a former life, Buxton […]
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Six homes in historic Oakwood up for sale by the state of North Carolina
Do you love historical homes and do you love restoring them? Want to live in a bubble of antiques and caviar? (Kidding, kidding). If you answered yes, then you, future homeowner, should bid on one of these historic homes in Raleigh’s Oakwood neighborhood that the state of North Carolina has put up for sale after […]
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Wayne Maiorano not running for Raleigh City Council reelection
Welp, this is weird. The News and Observer is reporting that Wayne Maiorano won’t seek reelection to Raleigh City Council’s District A seat, which he has occupied for only one term after defeating incumbent Randy Stagner by 250 votes in 2013. Per the N&O: “After considerable prayer and discussion with my family and close friends, […]
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10 things we learned at Raleigh’s rezoning ruckus
Raleigh’s City Council chambers overflowed last Tuesday evening, packed with people unhappysometimes vehemently unhappyabout how their properties and neighborhoods will be rezoned as part of a massive citywide remapping. Convinced there’s some jiggery-pokery going on in the city’s planning department, or on Council, or somewhere, one resident after another railed (in two-minute bursts, lest they […]
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David Cox to run for Raleigh City Council
Well, well, well. David Cox, the mild-mannered computer scientist from North Raleigh, who has (thus far) successfully rallied thousands of his neighbors against a controversial rezoning at the corner of Dunn and Falls of Neuse Roads, is expected to file for the District B City Council seat this afternoon. That seat is of course occupied […]
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Ten Triangle doctors received $8.3 million from pharmaceutical and medical devices companies last year
Doctors in the United States received $6.49 billion in payments from drug companies between August 2013 and December 2014, according to records released by the federal government last week. The non-profit ProPublica, which produces investigative journalism in the public interest, compiled the records released under the 2010 Physician Payment Sunshine Act in a database called […]
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North Carolina’s legislative disgrace
How did you guys celebrate the Fourth of July? Hotdogs? Beer? Fireworks? Downtown Raleigh’s The Works festival, even though it inexplicably allowed a cover band to play goddamn Maroon 5 songs against all notions of decency? All good options. Here’s another: If you were a member of North Carolina’s General Assembly, you spent the week […]
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Win, place or show: Place your bets on the Raleigh City Council
Monday marked the official start of municipal campaign season (yes, another one), and candidates for Raleigh City Council and the mayor’s office have until July 17 to file their papers. At first blush, this looks like a status-quo election: Mayor Nancy McFarlane appears to be coasting to reelection, as the Council’s more ambitious politicos (looking […]
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Raleigh City Council Live Blog: Evening Session
Welcome back friends! We’re getting the hang of live-blogging in real time. So for tonight’s humongous rezoning public hearing, we’ll be using “real times.” That is: 6:28 p.m.: The public hearing doesn’t start for another half hour but the Council Chamber is already full and overflowing. The Council must have known this would be a […]
