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Eight families have filed a complaint against the Wake County School System, the county sheriff's department, and several police departments. The Federal complaint alleges that school resource officers are violating students' rights by targeting black and disabled students. Porter presents background on the complaint.
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They are called LPFM, or Low Power FM stations, and they are relatively rare. Only two exist in the Raleigh area--WCOM, 103.5 in Carrboro, and WRLY, 93.5, which covers a small section of northeastern Raleigh. These stations are small and can broadcast no further than 3.5 miles on 100 watts. Yet, these small frequencies on the FM dial are highly coveted. Kelly Reid and Jacob Downey have a station, Little Raleigh Radio (LRR), and they have requested the 105.6 position. However, they have competition from four religious groups, one as far away as Texas. Porter explains what the process involves.
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Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha is memorialized after her death in a tragic shooting in Chapel Hill.
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Wake County residents recently elected seven Democrats to the Wake County commissioner’s board. At their first meeting, the all Democratic board shared their vision for the future which includes improvements in education, public transportation, and economic development. Perhaps their greatest challenge will be with education funding as growth in the county has caused a lack of schools and the need for increased teacher pay to retain teachers.
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The draft rules on fracking in North Carolina are rife with loopholes that favor the drillers and could endanger the public health and the environment. Public hearings in Raleigh have focused on the shortcomings of the Mining and Energy Commission’s draft rules. Rules prevent the public from knowing chemicals released into water supplies unless there is an emergency, require little testing of the water supply, make finding and enforcing violations difficult, and are weak on the handling of hazardous wastes. Specific shortcomings and their effect on citizens, the water supply, and the environment are discussed in detail.
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Ten million dollars have been included in Gov. Pat McCrory's 2013 budget for survivors of the North Carolina Eugenics Board Program. This program involuntarily sterilized state citizens between 1929 and 1974, 2,944 of those victims expected to be alive today. Of the allocated funds, $50,000 is to be awarded to each victim with remaining money to open a foundation for further counseling.
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From July 2013 to July 2014, Raleigh had 98 car-bike crashes. The city has many bikers and biking groups and is taking steps to help keep them safe. The city is designing improvements in heavily trafficked areas, painting bike routes with green paint, and constructing at least 27 miles of marked, on-road bicycle lanes.
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Currently midwifery is a trade illegal in the state and anyone found practicing could be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor. Senate Bills 106 and 107 known respectively as The Homebirth Freedom At and Decriminalize Direct Entry Midwifery would establish a framework for practicing midwives to obtain a license of Certified Professional Midwives.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 30 Issue 10, March 2013,
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The North Carolina Senate passed its $22.2 billion budget on Friday, on a 26–13 party-line vote. Good things about the budget include a raise in teacher pay, elimination of the light rail funding cap, and reconsideration of historically black college and university tuition. Bad parts of the budget are cuts to low-income energy assistance, Jordan Lake clean-up, and education.
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A state audit of the North Carolina Board of Funeral Service may causes proposed fee increases to come under legislative scrutiny. Findings from the state and reporters at Indy Weekly indicate the funeral service board mismanaged funds through excessive salary increases and renting unnecessarily lavish office space.
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Mumma works on cases of those inmates she believes were wrongfully convicted, helping many innocent people become exonerated.
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Nation Hahn, a consultant for the education advocacy group EdNC, strives to make sure students in North Carolina have enough healthy food. Hahn believes that when students' basic needs are met, they're able to learn better, and with learning comes leadership. Hahn received INDY’s Citizen Award for his efforts toward youth development and making communities healthier.
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In 2016, while it’s unlikely that North Carolina Democrats will reclaim the House or Senate, they do have a chance to win back some power. They need to flip four seats in the House to be able to uphold a veto, which will become key if either of the Democratic candidates for governor, Roy Cooper or Ken Spaulding, wins next year.
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Raleigh city manager Ruffin Hall unveiled his proposed budget last week, and it gives city employees a three-percent merit pay increase. But for the more than twenty-five hundred employees, that raise could effectively be erased by proposed changes to their health insurance coverage. In some cases, employees will actually take home less money.
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Wake County commissioner Matt Calabria is working to raise awareness of a housing voucher program that places homeless and disabled vets into privately owned housing. Under the program, tenants pay up to thirty-percent of their incomes toward rent; the vouchers cover the rest.
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