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28950
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Indy Weekly compiled a list of twenty-seven reasons why they love North Carolina and the Triangle area. Among the list are reasons related to activism, theater and arts, food, culture, sports, community resilience, and history.
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Capitol Broadcasting is beginning its expansion of the American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham. Last year it acquired the neighboring University Ford property, and now it seeks community input on how to use the eleven acres. Several ideas include the development of offices, affordable housing, and an entertainment complex.
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The current political atmosphere seems to reflect Nixonland, a social history of the 1960s and 1970s through the lens of Richard Nixon’s presidency. Many citizens of Durham believe that the goals of President Donald Trump’s administration conflict with Durham’s progressive values and goals.
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At the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to accept a major party’s nomination for President of the United States. In North Carolina, U.S. Senate candidate Deborah Ross’s chances are almost inextricably tied to Clinton’s success.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 31, August 2016,
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This year, North Carolina is yet again a battleground state in the presidential election. But in less than three weeks, the tight race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will come to a close. Votes are also close in elections for the U.S. Senate and state governor.
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Duck is the only town in the Outer Banks that allows dogs on the beach without leashes. As you make your way down south, suggested activities are kite surfing in Buxton, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, a trip to see wild horses at Ocracoke, and the Outer Banks Brewing Station.
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Nine-million dollars in annual tax cuts passed by the North Carolina legislature has caused local governments to raise taxes to better fund schools. Critics argue that the budget shortchanges students while enriching the wealthy. Proponents argue that the budget will dramatically increase teacher pay and improve public education outcomes.
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23590
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Downtown Raleigh bars fight for the right to have outdoor drinking patios, regardless of downtown residents' oppositions to 'sidewalk drinking.'
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The Raleigh Wake Citizens Association and 14 Wake voters filed a federal lawsuit to challenge Sen. Chad Barefoot, R-Wake and Franklin, who passed a redistricting bill. This bill ultimately created more white Republican districts, working to the benefit of Senator Barefoot.
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The Department of Justice ruled that House Bill 2’s bathroom provision violated the Civil Rights Act and thus put billions of federal dollars at risk. Since then, Governor McCrory and the Department of Justice have sued one another. Now the case is headed to the Supreme Court.
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North Carolina has fifty-two distilleries, the most of any state except Kentucky. TOPO, located in Chapel Hill, produces highly rated wheat-based products including vodka, gin, and whiskey. There are also places in the Triangle that produce mead, including Starrlight Mead in Pittsboro and Durham’s Honeygirl.
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After the city of Wilson created its own fiber Internet service in 2008, the city sought to expand this service throughout Wilson County. This system threatened large telecoms, like Time Warner Cable, that do not want the competition. The state of North Carolina, however, recently passed laws that require municipal telecoms to pay the same fee as private telecoms, like Suddenlink and Time Warner, effectively making it nearly impossible for other cities to create their own broadband network.
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The North Carolina legislature recently passed the state budget after a 3-month discussion of the budget's components. The author highlights the biggest issues with the budget, which include topics such as regressive taxation, education, light rail projects, the environment, and Planned Parenthood funding.
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Last week, after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower court’s ruling that North Carolina’s legislative districts constitute racial gerrymanders, Governor Cooper ordered the General Assembly into special session to draw new maps. Lawmakers have not cooperated and now the issue is back with the district court.
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Billman speaks to Kim Thomas about the low pay but intense work of a personal care aide for the elderly. Half of North Carolina home care workers make less than 10 dollars an hour.
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