Indictments are expected as early as Tuesday from the grand jury investigating the Wake County Register of Deeds office. Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said last month that investigators will present findings to grand jurors before the end of the year. And Tuesday marks the last day the grand jury will meet, according to […]
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Advocates Worry That a Proposed Change to Raleigh’s Zoning Code Might Leave Some Older Residents Vulnerable
A developer could set up a Raleigh home for twenty older people per acre with no special-use permit or waiting period and no need to locate such a project on five acresas current law dictatesunder proposed changes in Raleigh’s zoning language. Called a “text change” to Raleigh’s unified development ordinance, or UDO, the measure would […]
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Wake Commissioners Want Raleigh to Reconsider Granny Flats
Wake County commissioners took a swipe at the Raleigh City Council Monday by encouraging Wake towns to embrace accessory dwelling units, also known as granny flats. In November, Raleigh City Council members turned back the latest of several years’ worth of proposed ordinances to allow the dwellings, called ADUs. The little houses are widely seen […]
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New Raleigh City Council Begins With a Spat
“Cry ‘Havoc!’ And let slip the dogs of war!” Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1 OK, maybe the drama at Monday’s Raleigh City Council meeting didn’t quite rise to Shakespearean levels. But the meeting and aftermath were unusually complicated and contentious and may portend a rocky path ahead for Mayor Nancy McFarlane and the reconfigured […]
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Numerous Issues Await New Raleigh City Council Members as They Are Sworn in Monday
A stack of longstanding issues, and at least one controversial new one, will loom ahead for new Raleigh City Council members when they meet Tuesday for the first time since their election in October. At-large member Nicole Stewart and District E representative Stefanie Mendell will have their shot at debating matters such as Airbnb-style rentals, […]
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Pressure Mounts for the Senate Judiciary Committee to Demand Answers from Thomas Farr
A coalition of national left-leaning groups, as well as The Washington Post‘s editorial board, pressed Raleigh lawyer and federal judgeship nominee Thomas Farr for answers to questions raised by the INDY‘s reporting about his earlier testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The organizations and the newspaper urged Farr to offer additional testimony to the committee […]
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A Grand Jury Will Soon Look into Missing Funds at the Wake County Register of Deeds Office
+CALL THE GRAND JURY A state and county investigation into the more than $2.3 million found missing from the Wake County Register of Deeds office will stretch through December, with a grand jury impaneled before the end of 2017, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman told the INDY Monday. The office sustained the losses between […]
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Probe Into $2.3M Loss at Wake County Register of Deeds Office Will Last Until the End of 2017
A state-county investigation into the more than $2.3 million found missing from the Wake County Register of Deeds office will stretch through December, with a grand jury impaneled before the end of 2017, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said Monday. The office sustained the losses between 2008 and 2017, according to a claim the […]
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Thomas Farr May Have Known More About Jesse Helms’s Voter-Suppression Tactics Than He Let On. Should That Cost Him a Federal Judgeship?
President Trump and North Carolina senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr proudly stand behind Raleigh attorney Thomas Farr’s decades-long legal practice, which includes defending the General Assembly’s controversial voter ID and redistricting laws, defending corporations against workers, and serving as the lawyer for two racially charged campaigns by Senator Jesse Helms. After all, Trump nominated […]
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One of Three North Carolina Regions Could Land Amazon’s HQ2, CNBC Analysis Says
A study by the cable network CNBC gives one of three locations in the geographically broad area of “Charlotte/Raleigh-Durham/Greensboro-High Point” a decent chance at landing the much-sought-after second headquarters for Amazon, known as HQ2. However the region’s incomplete transit system and hangover from the HB2 “bathroom bill” could hurt the Tar Heel State’s chances, according […]