Last year, we told you about the Durham Innovation Team, a small team inside City Hall working to understand the economic barriers facing people with criminal records in Durham. On Thursday, that team presented to the City Council what it has learned and the ideas it has generated in that process. The full report is […]
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Durham City Council Says Affordable Housing Is Top Priority for Police Department Site
The Durham City Council says affordable housing is its top priority for what to do with a prime four-acre lot currently occupied by the Durham Police Department headquarters. But it will wait to see what ideas developers can come up with for putting that into effect. Housing advocates had rallied outside of the council’s Thursday […]
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Civil Rights Groups Sue DMV for Revoking Licenses Over Unpaid Fines
In a federal lawsuit, civil rights groups say the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles’ practice of revoking the driver’s licenses of people who cannot pay for traffic tickets is unconstitutional.
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Durham Wants to Turn a Defunct Rail Line Into an Urban Greenway. Some Residents Worry It Will Force Them Out.
When Fred Snider moved to Edward Street in the 1980s, the Old North Durham neighborhood was largely populated by one-story duplexes. Now, brightly colored homes are starting to pop up and tower over them. “The reason why I bought this house is the neighborhood. If they’re going to turn it into that,” he says, pointing […]
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Man Found Dead in Durham County Jail Cell
A man being held at the Durham County Detention Facility was found dead in his cell this morning, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The man was not identified and a press release included no information about a possible cause of death. The State Bureau of Investigation has been asked to investigate and more information is […]
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Six Months After Becoming Durham’s Mayor, Steve Schewel Has a Lot to Say
It’s been six months since Steve Schewel was sworn in as mayor of Durham, laying out a vision of the Bull City “as a progressive beacon for the South and the nation.” In a long, wide-ranging, occasionally wonky interviewSchewel is nothing if not verbose, particularly on subjects he cares aboutthe INDY asked him what it’s […]
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Support Affordable Housing With Kooley High, Batalá and Blackspace at Durham Community Land Trustees Fundraiser
Kooley High, Batalá Durham drummers and Blackspace poets will headline a party benefiting Durham Community Land Trustees on June 1. DCLT is Durham’s only community land trust. The nonprofit housing developer builds, renovates, and advocates for permanently affordable housing, managing two hundred and thirty affordable rental properties and fifty single family owned homes in seven […]
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Durham Residents Will Get to Tell the City How to Spend $2.4 Million
The Durham City Council in a split vote decided Monday night to let residents choose how to spend $2.4 million through participatory budgeting. The five-two vote follows weeks of disagreement over how much funding the city should set aside for its first attempt at participatory budgeting, in which Durham residents and students thirteen and older […]
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Bigger Budget, No Property Tax Increase Proposed for City of Durham
Durham City Manager Tom Bonfield’s proposed budget for the upcoming year doesn’t include a property tax increase, but does add money for homeless support services, affordable housing, athletic parks, and staffing. Bonfield said the city is able to avoid a property tax increase in part because of higher-than-expected property tax revenues due to new construction.
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We Asked These Triangle Teachers Why They’re Protesting. Their Answers May Surprise You.
They work second jobs. They buy their kids’ school supplies. They’re losing support staff. They don’t have enough pencils. Nine local teachers share their stories. Carla Tavares is a third-grade teacher at Jones Dairy Elementary in Wake Forest. She came to North Carolina eleven years ago from Rhode Island, where she also taught.
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