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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.
Update, Oct. 1: www.healthcare.gov is the starting portal for North Carolinians shopping the exchange. Update, Sept. 25, 9:37 a.m.: Mother Jones published a story late last night about the cost of premiums under Obamacare, as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office. Before tax credits, the cost of premiums will be an average of 16 percent […]
Garland 14 W. Martin St. Raleigh 919-833-6886 Lunch Monday–Friday 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Dinner Tuesday–Thursday 6–11 p.m. Friday–Saturday 6 p.m.–midnight Garland in downtown Raleigh is literally a hole in the wall. Place your order at a window and your food is brought to you in paper bowls and boxes. Eat with a plastic fork at one […]
A year’s worth of emails between Raleigh administrators and police reveal that the city, concerned about crime and litter, has long discussed whether to tolerate groups feeding the homeless in Moore Square Park. This has led advocates for the homeless to believe the sudden enforcement of a 14-year-old city ordinance prohibiting food distribution in public […]
Lessons learned at boot camp “College students, mostly freshmen, are being herded to the polls. They’re being intimidated and told how to vote.” — Linda Paine of the Election Integrity Project Inc. “Most women are not Conservative. Women tend to vote based on feelings, not on facts.” —Melody Himel Scalley of Heritage Action NC If […]
The North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus held an impromptu press conference Wednesday afternoon to address what several legislators called flaws and failures within the Department of Health and Human Services, including the “questionable judgment” of the agency’s secretary, Aldona Wos. A letter addressed to Wos and Gov. Pat McCrory, which was hand-delivered following the conference, […]
The Wake County Democratic Party’s confusing decision to endorse not one, but two candidates for Raleigh City Council District D has angered some residents of the district. Last week, the party endorsed popular incumbent Councilman Thomas Crowder and newcomer Jim Kemp Sherron. Yet, unlike at-large contests, which can have two open seats, only one seat […]
Two bills became law in the span of 10 minutes this morning, notwithstanding Gov. Pat McCrory’s earlier vetoes. The N.C. Senate voted 34-10 to override House Bill 392, which requires people applying for public assistance to be drug tested. The Senate voted 39-5 to override House Bill 786, an immigration law which creates a loophole […]
Melvin Wharton is 31 years old. He was laid off from a $13-per-hour job a year ago, and the only work he has been able to find since has been at a Greensboro Taco Bell, where he makes $7.25 an hourfederal minimum wage, or what he calls “chump change.” Minimum wage, he says plainly, is […]
The N.C. House voted to override Gov. McCrory’s vetoes of two bills Tuesday afternoon, following a very short discussion. The House sustained House Bill 392, a bill requiring people applying for public assistance to undergo drug testing, in a 77-39 vote. The House also sustained House Bill 786, a bill expanding the seasonal worker E-Verify […]
The KFC on New Bern Avenue in downtown Raleigh has a sign in its window for a six-piece fried chicken deal for $9.99. It’s a luxury most of the restaurant’s workers likely cannot afford, and the irony is not lost on the Rev. William Barber. “It’s a crime,” he told a crowd of around 100 […]
