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29049
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A United Airlines flight attendant reported Henry Amador-Batten to Raleigh-Durham Airport police for cuddling with his adopted son. Amador-Batten and his husband are a gay couple who legally adopted a child in 2011. They have hired an attorney to open a dialogue with the airline about the way their employees treat gay men.
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Michael Peterson, a former Durham mayoral candidate and Herald-Sun columnist, was convicted in 2003 for murdering his wife and pleaded innocent. A few months before a May 2017 retrial, he changed his plea to guilty but maintains innocence. After fifteen years, the case concludes but provides little closure to his family.
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North Carolina’s House Bill 909 rolls back provisions requiring Duke Energy to purchase renewable energy projects, like solar, from independent producers at the avoided cost rate. Proponents say the bill will promote conservation by reducing the demand for fossil fuels, but critics argue that the legislation will actually limit the state’s solar infrastructure.
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This is the first of a three-part investigation into North Carolina’s hog-farming industry. The article examines claims by lower-income African American residents of eastern North Carolina that neighboring hog farms have polluted their properties and efforts by lawmakers to shield pork producers from litigation.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 23, June 28 2017,
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This is the second installment of a three-part investigation into North Carolina’s hog-farming industry. This article examines the environmental impacts hog farming has had over the last two decades, particularly on waterways such as the Neuse River.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 24, July 2017,
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29085
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This is the third of a three-part investigation into North Carolina’s hog-farming industry. The article discusses ways to make the multi-billion-dollar hog industry more sustainable, both for the environment and the state’s rural population, and the political and financial reasons those steps have not been taken.
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Crossover is the deadline for bills to pass one chamber or the other in order to remain viable for the remainder of the legislative session. The North Carolina legislature’s crossover was April 27, 2017. Eleven bills that beat the deadline have the potential to affect immigrants, minorities, the environment, the free press, and more.
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28793
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This issue recaps the major North Carolina events in 2016, including the presidential election, state politics, Hurricane Matthew, and issues regarding civil rights, transgender laws, and voting. Resolutions are included for living under a new presidential administration.
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28757
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Thousands of people gathered in Raleigh, North Carolina to protest the inauguration of President Donald Trump. This issue of Indy Week presents stories about this burgeoning movement, from the inauguration protests to the women’s marches.
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