Early voting turnout in Durham and Wake counties is expected to meet or exceed the 2008 numbers. Early voting ends Saturday, May 5. Election Day is Tuesday, May 8. In Durham County, about 20,000 people voted in the 2008 May primary with the bulk (12,000) casting ballots during the final week of the primaries, said […]
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In public school, blacks, Hispanics suspended at higher rates than whites
Minority students, especially black males, face harsher discipline in public schools and are suspended at higher rates than their white counterparts, according to a recent report released by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The same trend holds true in area public schools. Nationwide, black students made up 18 percent of the […]
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At N.C. Central teach-in, professors blast DOMA
What began as a discussion of the legality of the Defense of Marriage ActDOMAmorphed into a conversation about the morality of the anti-LGBT amendment. Last week’s teach-in and panel discussion was hosted by N.C. Central University School of Law. Panelists included N.C. Central law professors Irving Joyner, Lydia Lavelle and Angela Gilmore; UNC-Chapel Hill law […]
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Cary: no chickens—yet
There was no chicken coup in Cary Thursday night, as the Town Council postponed a final decision on whether to ease restrictions on backyard hens within the town limits. The council voted 5-2 to direct town staff to draft an ordinance that would allow backyard hens, albeit with some restrictions. A public hearing will be […]
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Blend arrives at Durham’s Golden Belt
The newly opened Blend Cafe, 807 E. Main St., offers customers good coffee, pastries, breakfast and lunch in a convenient and growing location in Durham. Courtney Smith, the manager and operator of Blend, says the cafe offers a diverse crowd and “a place for anyone from anywhere to come.” The cafe shares the Golden Belt […]
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Chapel Hill still wrangling with Yates review decision
The Chapel Hill Town Council voted Monday night to continue discussing the next steps to take in the investigation of the recent police raid on squatters in the vacant Yates Motor Company building, but there was little enthusiasm for an advisory group’s proposal to hire an independent investigator. The Community Policing Advisory Council (CPAC) had […]
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Carrboro declares corporations are not people
Tuesday night the Carrboro Board of Aldermen unanimously passed a resolution supporting an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would deny corporations personhood, affirming that corporations are not people and money is not speech. This vote was a symbolic gesture, proposed by Alderman Dan Coleman and seconded by Alderman Sammy Slade, in order to protest […]
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Black farmers stake claims against USDA
On the day set aside to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy, hundreds of North Carolina black farmers met individually with attorneys from the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, seeking recompense for decades of discrimination. Appointments and walk-ins were welcomed on Monday at the Durham Marriott City Center. Farmers were called to […]
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Chapel Hill police committee asks for independent investigation
Chapel Hill’s new Community Advising Police Committee (CPAC) voted to request that the Chapel Hill Town Council hire an independent investigator to review the details of the Nov. 13 raid on squatters at the vacant Yates Motor Co. building. The committee’s actions countered Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil’s recent report endorsing police actions in […]
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Chapel Hill police committee asks for independent investigation
Chapel Hill’s new Community Advising Police Committee (CPAC) voted to request that the Chapel Hill Town Council hire an independent investigator to review the details of the Nov. 13 raid on squatters at the vacant Yates Motor Co. building. The committee’s actions countered Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil’s recent report endorsing police actions in […]