Ideology met real life at a House Judiciary committee public hearing, where representatives from the state’s Registers of Deeds offices told lawmakers that Senate Bill 2 would cause a host of staffing and administrative problems. Guilford County Register of Deeds Jeff Thigpen said he is concerned that the bill, which allows magistrates with “sincerely held […]
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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N.C. Reps. file bill prohibiting discriminatory profiling
Last month, 20 year old Janisha Fonville was shot and killed by a Charlotte Mecklenburg police officer, because she was wielding a kitchen knife at officers in her apartment. Fonville was black. The officer who shot her is white. On Tuesday, Rep. Rodney Moore, D-Mecklenburg, filed a bill that prohibits discriminatory practices by law enforcement […]
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Hillsborough Street student housing off the table; ‘Publix’ site public hearing delayed again
Updated: Doug Hill from the City Planning Department said in an email Wednesday that the most recent conditions submitted for Z-1-14 are dated Feb. 5, 2015. The Planning Commission voted to recommend these conditions to the City Council Feb. 10. Under the UDO, all property owners must sign off on all conditions in the application […]
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NC Senate bill would change the way Wake County Commissioners are elected
Updated: S181 was heard in the Senate Redistricting Committee Thursday afternoon. Wake County Commissioners James West, Sig Hutchinson, John Burns and Matt Calabria spoke against the bill; former Commissioner J.T. Knott and four rural Wake residents spoke in favor. Committee chair Sen. Bob Rucho said Wake residents can speak to the bill at the committee’s […]
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NC Registers of Deeds cite logistical problems with magistrates bill
At a House Judiciary committee public hearing Wednesday, representatives from the state’s Registers of Deeds offices told lawmakers that Senate Bill 2 will cause a host of staffing and administrative problems. Guilford County Register of Deeds Jeff Thigpen said he is concerned that the bill, which allows magistrates with “sincerely held religious beliefs” to recuse […]
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N.C. Senate committee passes bill allowing magistrates to opt out of marrying couples
Updated: S2 passed the full Senate Wednesday morning in a 32-16 vote. Republican Sens. Jeff Tarte and John Alexander of Raleigh voted against the bill. It will go to the House. Members of the state Senate Judiciary II passed a bill Tuesday which allows court magistrates to opt out of performing marriages by stating a […]
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Advocating for the wrongfully convicted
In a datebook in her bag, Christine Mumma carries a list of the names of North Carolina inmates she believes are innocent of the crimes they were convicted of. Joseph Sledge was on the list. He spent four decades in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit. Mumma worked on Sledge’s case for 10 […]
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Raleigh’s Law and Public Safety Committee takes up AirBnB
Council members heard from an AirBnB representative Tuesday afternoon, as well as from residents who host guests on the short term online rental service and from the owner of the Oakwood Inn who says her business is being threatened. City planning and zoning administrator Travis Crane first gave the committee an update on the status […]
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Raleigh Christian school gets the most public money through school voucher program
Raleigh’s Word of God Christian Academy has received $180,600 in public money through the state’s voucher program. According to public records obtained by left-leaning NC Policy Watch, five schools in the state received more than $100,000 in taxpayer dollars diverted through the voucher program; all are religious schools. The state has paid out more than […]
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Wake County study: 25 percent of homeless children need mental health services
Researchers at N.C. State University and Project CATCH, a Wake County partnership that targets child homelessness, have found that a quarter of all homeless children in Wake County need mental health services. Dr. Mary Haskett, a psychology professor at N.C. State and the author of the research paper, says homeless children often have been exposed […]
