The N.C. Senate reconvened today for a rapid-fire meeting and considered egislation to strengthen the ban on sweepstakes video gaming and to make synthetic cannabanoids illegal. Sen. Don Vaughan, D-Guilford, offered both pieces of legislation, which each passed their first readings and were referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Vaughan was the only senator to […]
Joe Schwartz
Bio: Joe Schwartz is a former INDY Week staff writer who works for soccer.com in Hillsborough. He's been a Gooner since he fell for Thierry Henry in 2005, and he still believes in Arsène Wenger.Email: [email protected]
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Tea Party warns N.C. Republicans: “You’re on probation”
RALEIGH—In case the Republicans who took officially took control of the N.C. General Assembly on Tuesday thought they had arrived, Raleigh resident Frank Ragsdale reminded them, “We are watching you. You are on probation.” That was the message he orated to three dozen Tea Party supporters who rallied in the rain Tuesday on the Halifax […]
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Can professional soccer survive in Cary?
In four years, two different ownership groups have tackled professional soccer in the Triangle. They looked at the thriving youth soccer community in the Triangle, the established Atlantic Coast Conference teams and the growing number of educated young professionals with expendable incomea key soccer demographic in this countryand thought if they could just put together […]
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Republicans to wield their power through redistricting
After the November election, state Republicans not only secured the keys to the General Assembly for the first time in a century, but they may have locked down the next decade of political power. Already there is a hitch: While in the minority, Republicans called for an independent redistricting commission; now in the majority, they […]
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Hundreds dress in red to oppose Crabtree Quarry expansion
RALEIGH—Passionate neighbors dressed in red and overflowed from the Raleigh City Council chambers Tuesday night to urge the council and planning commission to deny a rezoning request that would allow Hanson Aggregates to expand its Crabtree Quarry operation. Photo by Jeremy LangeThe current Crabtree Quarry operation has been operating in Raleigh for 60 years. Unfortunately […]
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Justice Department, Garner settle Fair Housing Act suit
The U.S. Department of Justice settled a lawsuit with the Town of Garner today that alleges that the town violated the Fair Housing act by refusing to allow eight recovering drug and alcohol addicts to live together and receive treatment. Federal investigators filed the discrimination suit in May 2009 after Oxford House, a nonprofit Maryland-based […]
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Rural residents outraged over Orange County’s forest plan
Related documents Contract between OWASA and True North for the draft forestry management plan OWASA’s draft plan introduction and the 17 specific stewardship plans developed for parcels ranging from Apple Hill to Thunder Mountain Letter from the District 11 Forest Ranger supporting the plan Clean Water Coalition’s 20 reasons why they oppose it OWASA Board […]
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Duke opens ACC play with, wait for it, another win
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM—They won’t lose a game all season. The ACC regular season schedule won’t really challenge them. While those statements might yet prove to be hyperbolic, No. 1 Duke (13-0, 1-0 ACC) used its ACC opener Sunday night to display the reasons pundits have been drooling about the team since the summer, winning 74-63 […]
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WikiLeaks and the right to know
UNC Associate Professor of Journalism Lois Boynton and fellow professor Cathy Packer will lead a workshop Jan. 26 at noon at the Parr Center to discuss the ethical and legal implications of WikiLeaks. The forum is open to UNC students and faculty. UNC Associate Professor of Journalism Lois Boynton is a fellow at the University’s […]
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Faison eyes N.C. Democratic Party chairmanship
N.C. Rep. Bill Faison of Orange and Caswell Counties announced today that he will seek the N.C. Democratic Party chairman’s post. Faison wants to better connect the state party to local activists, focus on redistricting and recruiting and training candidates for 2012. “At stake is a better education for our children, a fairer society and […]