Federal shutdown hurts blind North Carolinians More than 50 social workers that serve the blind and visually impaired have been furloughed because of the government shutdown, leaving potentially thousands of North Carolinians without services. This story originally reported more than 100, one social worker per county, with some counties having more than one. However, Department […]
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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Food Distribution task force calls mission “unclear”
Several members of Raleigh’s food distribution task force said they were unclear about the purpose of the group and still have questions about the ordinance that prohibits food distribution in city parks. Held Thursday night, the meeting was the second of three before the task force will present recommendations to the City Council’s Law and […]
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State Auditor stands by Medicaid report
The state auditor’s office is defending a Medicaid report issued in January, after a North Carolina Health News story reported that officials at the state Department of Health and Human Services provided auditor Beth Wood with misinformation. Wood wrote a letter to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of the Department of Health and Human Services […]
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McCrory hires political operative to defend state in DOJ lawsuit
Butch Bowers Jr., the attorney representing Gov. Pat McCrory in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, has donated to major Republican candidates and represented some of South Carolina’s top elected officials. And the law firm where until recently, Bowers worked has ties to McCrory and Duke Energy, the governor’s former employer. The […]
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Who’s buying Hofmann Forest?
The potential buyer of the 80,000-acre Hofmann Forest remains a mystery, more than two weeks after the N.C. State Board of Trustees was scheduled to approve the sale. The forest, which is owned by N.C. State University’s Board of Trustees of the Endowment Fund, is the largest single tract of state-owned property. It is home […]
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As enrollment starts for the Affordable Care Act, a guide to navigating Obamacare
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 […]
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Garland’s zesty Asian fusion food with a street view
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 […]
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Raleigh deals with more fallout from Moore Square crackdown
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 […]
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Voter Integrity Project boot camp teaches how to challenge voters
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 […]
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N.C. Legislative Black Caucus blasts Aldona Wos, McCrory, DHHS
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, […]
