North Carolina Senators filed 194 bills Thursday. In case you missed it, four of these Republican-sponsored bills would expand access to firearms and limit regulations on handguns. S624, sponsored by Sen. Stan Bingham, would allow “certain types” of employees and volunteers to carry concealed firearms, tear gas or stun guns on private school property. A […]
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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N.C. Senate bill would pawn off Dorothea Dix Park to highest bidder
Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly just can’t stop meddling in the affairs of local governments. On Thursday, three Senators from rural counties introduced a bill to “ensure the fair sale” of Dix Park, the 300 acre property in southeast Raleigh slated to become a destination park after Gov. McCrory and mayor Nancy McFarlane […]
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Raleigh ranked 13th U.S. city for solar
Last year, Raleigh solar company NC Solar Now installed 615 solar panels on the roof of a local office equipment company’s headquarters. The company, CEI is located off of Glenwood Avenue, near RDU airport. The solar panels will reduce the company’s power consumption from Duke Energy by nearly 80 percent, and thanks to federal and […]
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N.C. Senator introduces bill to raise pay for veteran teachers
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 […]
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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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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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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 […]
