A few minutes ago, this sham of an HB 2 repeal “deal,” which has the blessing of both Governor Cooper and the man he beat in November, passed the Senate on a 32–16 vote. If you’re having trouble making that out, the Democratic noes were: Jay Chaudhuri of Wake; Don Davis of Greene, Lenoir, Pitt, […]
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Berger: HB 2 Deal Reached. Debate Scheduled for Thursday Morning.
After an up and down day (and night) that seemingly saw the death of an HB 2 repeal, state Senate leader Phil Berger tweeted this: The announcement? A deal has been reached. Here is what we’re hearing it looks like: In short, it’s not much of a compromise at all, and it’s not entirely clear […]
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The Morning Roundup: Raleigh Father of Seven Faces Deportation, the Never-Ending HB 2 Saga Continues
The week is halfway home. Let’s dig in.1) NCAA makes threat re: HB 2. GOP agrees to “deal.” Governor says there was no deal. The NCAA threw down the gauntlet Tuesday morning—telling the legislature it had forty-eight hours to kill HB 2 unless it wanted to lose hosting rights to all NCAA championships through 2022. […]
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The District Attorney Declines to Prosecute the Cop Who Killed Frank Clark, But Residents of McDougald Terrace Still Doubt the Official Narrative
After our exhaustive review, I have found that probable cause does not exist to charge a crime in the shooting death of Frank Nathaniel Clark. Roger Echols, Durham County district attorney, March 20, 2017 They said District Attorney Roger Echols’s report on the officer-involved killing of thirty-four-year-old Frank Clark “didn’t add up” and disputed claims […]
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Raleigh Is the Second-Fastest-Growing Major Metro In the Country. Can It Keep Up?
From 2015–16, Raleigh added 31,585 people, making it the fourteenth fastest-growing metro in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Perhaps more important, it’s the second-fastest-growing major metro in the U.S., behind only Austin. None of this is particularly surprising to those who call the City of Oaks home. Of those 31,585 new […]
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Another Bizarre Chapter in the HB 2 Saga
When the NCAA put the legislature on the clock today—demanding a repeal of HB 2 under threat of pulling all sports championships from North Carolina through 2022 should the law not be killed within forty-eight hours—nobody could have guessed (OK, some of you probably did) that the state would find itself in another boondoggle by […]
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NCAA Gives North Carolina Forty-Eight Hours to Kill HB 2
You know how we feel about HB 2. If you don’t, our editor made clear Monday that the debate over this legislation should be about more than economics and basketball and Springsteen. With that said, there’s more HB 2 news breaking, from Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance executive director Scott Dupree: The legislature is on the […]
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Lerner Officials Respond to Arrest in JCC Threats Case
You might remember that on February 22, Durham’s Sandra E. Lerner Community Day School was evacuated after a bomb threat was called in to the facility. The threat was one of dozens called in to Jewish centers across the country and, the INDY would learn later, detailed an impending “bloodbath.” A staff member answered. “In […]
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The Morning Roundup: Tar Heels Reach Final Four; Senate Eyes Kushner’s Russia Meeting
Hope everyone had a solid weekend. Let’s get started.1) UNC beats UK in a thriller to reach the Final Four. Unlikely hero—and former walk-on—Luke Maye sunk the winning shot with less than a second remaining in what had been a back-and-forth game to send the Tar Heels to their NCAA record twentieth Final Four. From […]
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Census Bureau: Raleigh Among Fastest Growing Metros in U.S.
Raleigh is growing. Fast. (You’re shocked, right?) That was the message delivered by a new report issued Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. But before we get into what this actually means, here’s a look at the fourteen fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the nation. As you can see, all but one of the metros that […]