Ward is also the senior policy associate for engagement and outreach for the Internet of Water at Duke’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy.
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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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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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.
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Ponysaurus Brewing Makes N.C. Lt. Gov. Part of LGBTQ Fundraiser
The campaign is centered around the brewery’s unique Saison, “Don’t Be Mean to People.” For every pint sold, a portion of the profits will support LGBTQ charities, including EqualityNC and QORDS, which helps transgender children go to summer camp.
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California Company Works to Preserve N.C. Housing
A break in the status quo came last month as a developer swooped into Raleigh to preserve affordable housing rather than destroy it.
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Right to Abortion Challenged in U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court heard the biggest challenge to Roe v. Wade in decades Wednesday as Mississippi’s solicitor general argued in favor of a state law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks.
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Quickbait: Hurricane Season
Global warming is making storms wetter, more intense, and more frequent and keeping towns constantly on the brink of recovery.
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Summers Are Getting Hotter, Winters Drier, and North Carolina is Spending Millions to Address the Impacts of Climate Change
In the past five years, Wake County has sustained about $188 million in property damage. Much of that damage came from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and a series of severe thunderstorms in May 2019.
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Duke Professor Part of Groundbreaking COVID-19 Research
A new scientific study identifies compounds that can block the spread of COVID-19.
