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The sale of the Hofmann Forest to Illinois agri-businessman Jerry Walker has been controversial. \"According to e-mails provided to Indy Week by NC State University in a public records request,\" the sale almost didn't happen.
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A Raleigh ordinance, RCC-9.2022, has been on the city's books since 1998. It prohibits the distribution of food without a permit. City administrators were concerned with crime and litter and had considered whether to tolerate groups, such as churches, feeding the homeless in Moore Square Park. The city stopped tolerating. Those proponents of feeding feel this sudden enforcement of the 14-year-old ordinance may not have \"been spontaneous\" after all. Porter explains.
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Controversy continues over of the proposed sale of Hofmann Forest, an 80,000-acre tract owned by NC State University. To date, the potential owner remains a mystery. A coalition of professors, foresters, landowners, and others has sued to block the sale. Porter explains their reasoning.
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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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Food insecurity is rising in the state. The term refers to a household's inability to have food for an active healthy life at some time, but not all of the time because decisions must be made between paying house and medical bills balanced against buying good food. Since 2000, one in five North Carolinians have been in this category at one time or another. Such numbers rank the state sixth among the country's most food-insecure states at 19.3 percent.
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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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There are \"extremely high\" levels of lead and PCBs at Raleigh Metal Recycling's property. The NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources has known about the contamination for seven years; yet the DENR and the company have yet to develop a plan to clean up the contaminants which are now getting into a local stream that empties into the Neuse River and also onto an adjacent property. Violation notices were issued to the owner in March. Porter relates what progress is being made toward a cleanup plan.
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Duke Energy has stated that it will pay for the coal ash spill into the Dan River at its site in Eden. However, its president and CEO have indicated that they expect consumers to pay for the cleanup of the other coal ash sites around the state which means that electric rates will rise. The price tag for this is between $2 and $10 billion. A concern is that many regulators who have the responsibility of answering that question of who pays have ties to the utility industry.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 18, Apr 2014,
p15-17, il, por, map
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22267
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Porter seeks to answer the question "Why are we using the lottery to raise teacher pay?" The NC House has passed its version of the budget, a $21.1 billion proposal that includes raising teacher pay through lottery proceeds. The NC Senate is doubtful.
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Raleigh faces an affordable housing crisis and recently turned down an opportunity to improve the problem. The city has lacked an overarching vision to solve the crisis, but that may soon change with upcoming City Council housing plan presentations.
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A proposed plan for redeveloping the Dillon Supply Co. warehouse in Raleigh sparks a debate among city leaders and residents. The plan includes creating a 20-story mixed-use structure, which will house a parking garage, shops, small businesses, cafes, markets, and art galleries.
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Passage Home, a non-profit organization that provides housing to Raleigh's poor, has come under scrutiny. Many claim the group is composed of outsiders who seek to exploit poor residents while making money from government grants.
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The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is one way Republicans seek to discriminate against gays by allowing governments and private individuals to fire or refuse to do business with those to whom they have a religious objection.
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Some store fronts struggle in Raleigh's city center due to lack of foot traffic and city center development.
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Porter provides an overview of Senate Bill 2, which allows magistrates with 'sincerely held religious beliefs' to recuse themselves from performing same-sex marriages. Porter also discusses North Carolina's lacking budget in terms of the Judiciary System and how more money is needed in order for it to function properly.
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