Last week, NC Policy Watch published a report claiming that five sources had accused Wake County Representative Duane Hall of sexual misconduct, including one alleged incident of forcible kissing. Since then, Hall has been mostly silent, save for initial statements denying the charges and a later interview with News & Observer opinion writer Ned Barnett, […]
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LGBTQ Activists Ask Jeff Bezos Not to Put Amazon’s HQ2 in North Carolina
In a letter posted on Medium yesterday, a coalition of more than sixty-five LGBTQ activists, nonprofit leaders, and former government officials sent a letter to Amazon urging the company not to build its second headquarters in a state that lacks antidiscrimination protections for LGBTQ citizens—including North Carolina. “As Amazon continues the evaluation of finalist locations […]
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Crime Is Decreasing in N.C. Schools, But Not in Wake or Durham
This post is excerpted from the INDY’s morning newsletter, Primer. To read this morning’s edition in full, click here. To get all the day’s local and national headlines and insights delivered straight to your inbox, sign up here. Here’s some good news, especially in light of recent events: reported crime in North Carolina schools dropped […]
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If Trump Gets His Trade War, Will Anyone Win?
This post is excerpted from the INDY’s morning newsletter, Primer. To read this morning’s edition in full, click here. To get all the day’s local and national headlines and insights delivered straight to your inbox, sign up here. Yesterday, President Trump announced that he would be enacting sweeping tariffs and aluminum and steel, which raises […]
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Here Is Why Police Body Cams in North Carolina Need to Be Public Record
In August, some white Asheville cops decided to ticket an alleged jaywalker, Johnnie Jermaine Rush—who is, you guessed it, African American—and, after he ran, beat the shit out of him. Here’s the body-cam footage: And here is what Rush looked like afterward: Body-cam video in North Carolina is not a public record. To access it, […]
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Another Twenty-Four Crazy Hours in Trumplandia
This post is excerpted from the INDY’s morning newsletter, Primer. To read this morning’s edition in full, click here. To get all the day’s local and national headlines and insights delivered straight to your inbox, sign up here. You can’t help but get the sense that the Trump White House is coming apart at the […]
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Cary Students Are Mad as Hell and They’re Not Going to Take This Anymore
This post is excerpted from the INDY’s morning newsletter, Primer. To read this morning’s edition in full, click here. To get all the day’s local and national headlines and insights delivered straight to your inbox, sign up here. By far the most encouraging part of the Parkland-massacre aftermath has been the resilience of the MS […]
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Report: Five People Have Accused State Representative Duane Hall of Sexual Misconduct
Five people have accused state Representative Duane Hall, a Wake County Democrat, of sexual harassment, and the state Democratic Party chairman is calling for Hall to resign, according to a blockbuster new story from NC Policy Watch (and former INDY) reporter Billy Ball. Per the report: Behind the scenes, Hall has a reputation for more […]
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Poll: Only 8 Percent of N.C. Voters Know Who the House Speaker Is. (Spoiler: It’s Tim Moore.)
It’s a conceit of political science that everyday Americans don’t know all that much about politics, especially local politics. Sure, they can identify the president, but what about their state senator—who arguably has a far greater impact on their lives? Not so much, as it turns out. Even as educational attainment has spiked over the […]
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It’s Damn Near Impossible to Keep Up With All This Trump-Russia News, So Here’s a Quick Breakdown
This post is excerpted from the INDY’s morning newsletter, Primer. To read this morning’s edition in full, click here. To get all the day’s local and national headlines and insights delivered straight to your inbox, sign up here. So much news has broken on the Trump-Russia front over the last twenty-four hours that it’s hard […]
