With reports of Texas recruiters poaching North Carolina teachers back in the news, and a budget from the Governor which gives a pay raise only to teachers starting out, Democrats in the General Assembly have been pushing for higher pay for all teachers. On Wednesday, Sen. Joyce Waddell, D-Mecklenburg, filed S384 which would increase the […]
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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Pregnant? Addicted to drugs? Cuff her!
In new and insane legislation, women in North Carolina could be slapped with an assault charge for using drugs while pregnant, bringing the Tar Heel State ever closer to more well-established insane states like Alabama, where fetuses have lawyers. Senate Bill 297, introduced last week by Republican Sen. Brent Jackson, a farmer, and Sen. Louis […]
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Live streams and data streams
Catholic Church 1, Little Raleigh Radio 0. The FCC has denied hyper-local station Little Raleigh Radio a low-power FM license it applied for more than a year ago. Instead, the FCC granted the 106.5 frequency, which will reach listeners within southeast Raleigh and inside the beltline, to two Catholic organizations: the local Knights of Columbuschapter, […]
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N.C. Reps. file discriminatory “religious freedom” act
North Carolina Republicans are trying to make it clear that they would prefer the state be openly hostile to gay people. On Wednesday, two Mecklenburg County Represetatives, Rep. Jacqueline Schaffer and Rep. Dan Bishop, filed the “NC Religious Freedom Restoration Act.” The bill would allow any person or public or private entity to invoke their […]
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N.C. Democrats file bill to expand Medicaid
On Tuesday, Democrats in the state House and Senate filed a bill to expand Medicaid coverage to more than 500,000 uninsured North Carolinians. At a press conference, Buncombe County Sen. Terry van Duyn and Reps. Gale Adcock, Wake, and Carla Cunningham, Mecklenburg, emphasized the economic benefits to the state of Medicaid expansion. The $2 billion […]
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FCC awards Catholic orgs. Raleigh FM license over Little Raleigh Radio
Little Raleigh Radio was denied the low-power FM license it applied for more than a year ago. Instead, the Federal Communications Commission granted the 106.5 frequency (which will reach listeners within southeast Raleigh and inside the beltline) to two Catholic conglomerates: the local Knights of Columbus chapter, and the Corporation for Educational Advancement. Kelly Reid […]
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N.C. Senate Dems. push environmental, economic development bills
On Wednesday, Forsyth County Sen. Paul Lowe introduced a bill to extend North Carolina’s Renewable Energy Tax Credit, which has been in place for more than 30 years and has been a major incentive for solar energy investors. S329 would continue to give taxpayers who have constructed, purchased or leased renewable energy property a 35 […]
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N.C. Senate bill would criminalize women for using drugs during pregnancy
In newly insane North Carolina women could be slapped with an assault charge for using drugs while pregnant, bringing it ever closer in resemblance to more well-established insane states like Alabama, where fetuses have lawyers. S297— introduced Tuesday by noted obstetricians Republican Sens. Brent Jackson, a farmer, and Sen. Louis Pate, retired—would criminalize a woman […]
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Wake gerrymandering, weak fracking rules and the GOP trying to rebrand itself as the party that cares
After clearing the Senate Redistricting Committee Tuesday, S181, which would split Wake County into two super-districts and place County Commissioners’ elections into the same districts as the school board, passed the Senate on a 32-16 vote. Wake County Sen. Josh Stein and Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue urged the 45 other members of the Senate […]
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Durham Rep. introduces bills addressing early voting days, voter ID
On Tuesday, Rep. Larry Hall introduced two bills to combat the disenfranchisement of voters that has occurred and will continue to occur under North Carolina’s 2013 omnibus elections bill. The first bill, H239, restores early voting days that were cut. That provision was in effect for North Carolina’s 2014 midterm elections. The second bill, H240, […]