Record #:

27509

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

Last February, the state Environmental Management Commission adopted regulations to control 105 toxic air pollutants. This should reduce our exposure to toxic chemicals through air pollution. However, the state lacks money to implement the protection program and rules allow businesses to petition and avoid compliance. These problems and loopholes may see little actual change in air quality over time.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 8 Issue 50, December 12-18 1990, p8-9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pollution--Laws and legislation; Public health laws; Air--Pollution

Record #:

1669

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

Noted civil rights lawyer Julius Chambers has taken over as chancellor of North Carolina Central University in Durham. Chambers is attempting to modernize the school, and to revive morale in the wake of NCCU's brush with scandal.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 25, June 1994, p6-9, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Chambers, Julius; North Carolina Central University

Record #:

2106

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

The North Carolina Airport System Plan will upgrade the sixty general- aviation airports from Murphy to Manteo. Critics are questioning the project in light of a decline in general aviation nationwide and considering the $350 million already invested.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 2, Jan 1995, p8-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Airports--Maintenance and repair

Record #:

1096

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

Senate Bill 906 was proposed to revamp workers' compensation laws. The implications of the bill for employers, employees, insurance companies and the healthcare industry are significant. Burtman draws on actual cases in order to illustrate the bill's possible effects.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 21, May 1993, p7-9, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Workers' compensation--Law and legislation

Record #:

1074

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

Regionalism, an idea in which small communities in the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area would share resources and plan together to solve major problems, is now a hot topic in the Triangle area (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill).

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 16, Apr 1993, p10-12, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Regional planning; Planning--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area

Record #:

2267

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

While the state feels it is doing a good job of water-quality protection, a top-ten EPA rating on pollutants released into the ecosystem causes environmentalists and citizens groups to question the state's support of anti-pollution regulations.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 16, Apr 1995, p12-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water--Pollution--Laws and legislation; Riverkeeper; Neuse River; Environmental protection--Citizen participation

Record #:

2378

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

The NEWS AND OBSERVER, owned by the Daniels family for over 100 years, has been sold to McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., for $370 million, and observers and employees wonder how much the paper will change.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 26, June 1995, p9-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Newspaper publishing; Newspapers--Ownership; The NEWS & OBSERVER (Raleigh)

Record #:

1178

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

The author reports on the annual planning conference of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, where civic and business leaders will chart the city's next fifteen years.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 31, Aug 1993, p6-9, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Raleigh--Economic policy; City planning--Raleigh; Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

Record #:

28377

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

Cash Michaels is the winner of a 1992 Independent Citizen Award. Michaels is an investigative reporter, disc jockey, talk-show host, photographer, and African-American community activist driven to serve people who have no voice. Michaels feels the obligation to tell the truth and to effect change in his community.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 48, November 1992, p11 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Citizenship awards; Political activists--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area; African American journalists

Record #:

27343

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

The article draws attention to the working conditions of some migrant workers in North Carolina. Some employers lure primarily homeless or drug addicted, African-American men with promises and keep them as indentured workers. If they attempt to leave the workers’ camps, they are often physically threatened. Abuses also include inadequate housing and below minimum wage pay. There is not enough oversight of these camps according to advocacy groups in North Carolina.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 9 Issue 46, November 13-19 1991, p6-8 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Migrant laborers; Employee rights

Record #:

1910

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

The old Durham Athletic Park (DAP), home of the Durham Bulls minor league baseball team, closed in 1994 when the team opened its new park. Burtman reminisces about attending ball games at DAP and his three years operating the mechanical bull.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 37, Sept 1994, p18-21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Baseball--Anecdotes; Baseball fields--Durham; Durham Athletic Park; Durham Bulls (Baseball team)

Record #:

2496

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

Health maintenance organizations are forcing many Triangle area hospitals to cut costs through such approaches as shorter patient stays and job reductions. For patients, loss of registered nurses and other care givers could be critical.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 37, Sept 1995, p13-14, 16, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medical care--Cost of

Record #:

1884

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

The prospect of introducing the latest technology into North Carolina's schools has students, teachers, parents, and administrators excited and eager.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 35, Aug 1994, p12-14, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Computer-assisted instruction

Record #:

1407

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

Several North Carolina citizens express their concern over the state's plan to place a low-level radioactive waste storage facility in southern Wake County.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 6, Feb 1994, p6-7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hazardous waste sites--Wake County; Radioactive waste disposal in the ground; Radioactive waste disposal--Wake County

Record #:

1935

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

After a promising opening, the newly restored Carolina Theatre in Durham had problems, including personnel and program cutbacks, departure of key people, and underestimated revenues. Boosters feel this is all past now, and the theater will rebound.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 38, Sept 1994, p21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Theaters--Durham; Carolina Theatre (Durham)