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for "Porter, Jane"
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23224
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Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha is memorialized after her death in a tragic shooting in Chapel Hill.
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23232
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Surveillance techniques, such as cell phone location trackers and automatic license plate readers, used by North Carolina Law Enforcement boarder on invasion of privacy. Porter examines the unconstitutionality of this situation.
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23238
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Many North Carolina lawmakers back Senate Bill 2, which exempts magistrates from performing marriages for same-sex couples.
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23242
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Porter contacted other states that already had Google Fiber installed to get information about how it worked.
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23248
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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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23260
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Many Raleigh residents use AirBnB to rent out rooms in their homes, but some organizations, like Neighbors for Overnight Oversight, seek to ensure this new online service complies with laws.
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House Bill 44 may allow developers to bulldoze right up to river banks, getting rid of important vegetative buffers that protect rivers and fish.
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23591
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Raleigh's Warehouse District is undergoing development but residents are not happy with the way the city's Planning Commission has kept them out of the decision-making process.
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23844
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The North Carolina General Assembly will soon decide on a bill that could threaten the protest petition--a tool that residents use to resist zoning.
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23971
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The author examines the nationwide attempt to do away with Planned Parenthood after inflammatory videos were released by right-wing group Center for Medical Progress. A recent victim of anti-abortionists in Raleigh was Shana Broders, an escort for women seeking abortions at clinics.
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24031
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Raleigh has plans to revitalize East College Park but the residents (a mostly black community) want nothing to do with it. The city masks its city development as a social service that creates housing for the community members
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 36, September 2015,
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24761
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Since 2009, Raleigh’s City Council has passed ordinances to promote public art. The goal in 2016 is to get Raleigh city officials more involved in creating a long-term public arts plan. There is a big push to paint murals on building walls and to promote art that the community welcomes.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 49, December 2015,
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24781
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Residents of Oakdale, an older neighborhood in Raleigh, are upset about plans to demolish old homes to make way for a new, larger home. Oakdale has not been designated as a historic district yet, but city officials believe the unrest created by the recent demolition will provoke residents to support preservation of the neighborhood.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 2016,
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27052
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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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The city council voted to bring a bike-share program to downtown Raleigh, a proposal that has enjoyed support from many downtown residents and businesses. The lone dissenter was council member Kay Crowder, who argues that the program will serve only eight-percent of the city’s population. She thinks that money would be better spent on upgrading existing infrastructure.
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