The proposed changes come from 10 people appointed last year to study how best to modernize city elections. The group of community activists and veterans of city boards and commissions also was tasked with reexamining elected officials’ salaries.
Jasmine Gallup
Jasmine Gallup is a freelancer for INDY, covering LGBTQ+ issues, social justice, and arts and culture. A Raleigh native, she also works as an editor for online media.
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Sunday Reading: The Real Consequences of Misinformation
The Washington Post details how one QAnon conspiracy had far-reaching and sometimes fatal consequences.
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Red Hat Ice Rink Creates Mini Winter Wonderland
Raleigh isn’t the best city to visit around Christmastime, but the Red Hat ice rink creates a little holiday magic in the balmy South.
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15 Minutes: Sydney Upchurch, 15
The Cary native will participate in the Prix de Lausanne, a prestigious international ballet competition held in Switzerland.
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Here Are a Few of the Best Places to Catch Holiday Light Displays in the Triangle
It’s time to get lit.
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Quickbait: COVID Cash
How Wake County and Durham Public Schools systems are spending state and federal COVID dollars.
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Raleigh’s City Council Voted to Reduce Hours of Operation for Pushcart Vendors. Vendors Say the Move will Destroy Their Small Businesses.
Two weeks ago, the Raleigh City Council voted 7–1 that food carts should close by one fifteen a.m., effectively killing many food cart vendors’ source of income.
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15 Minutes: Ashley Ward, 49, Candidate for the New 6th Congressional District
Ward is also the senior policy associate for engagement and outreach for the Internet of Water at Duke’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy.
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Wake County Makes Progress on Affordable Housing
Wake County just surpassed its goal of creating 2,500 new affordable housing units. But is it enough?
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Nation Depends on N.C. Farmers for Christmas Trees
Where’s your Christmas tree coming from? Probably North Carolina.
