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for "Yeoman, Barry"
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5009
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The H-2A Program was started by the federal government after World War II and allows farmers to temporarily use foreign workers when local labor is short. However, little official oversight of the program has fostered abuses of foreign labor. Yeoman reports on these, including low wages, poor housing, farmer control of personal mail and shopping trips, and not hiring American workers even when they are available.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 18 Issue 10, Mar 2001,
p20-15, il
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25625
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Since the late 1970s, the federal government has been eyeing the rock formations of North Carolina for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste. But environmentalists in the Piedmont region have joined an alliance to hopefully stop the facility from being built.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 3 Issue 15, August 16-29 1985,
p7-8, por
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25634
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A forest of red spruces and Fraser firs covers 72,000 acres of land atop the North Carolina mountains. The spruce-fir ecosystem is dying due to poisons man has put into the air that often fall back as acid rain.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 3 Issue 20, November 8-21 1985,
p1, 8-9, por
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25638
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In 1984, more than three-quarters of new admissions to North Carolina prisons were for non-violent offenses. The state must decide whether it can afford to continue imprisoning people who commit property and “public order” crimes. State leaders can divert some offenders to highly supervised work programs or spend up to $300 million to building more prisons.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Jan 31-Feb 13 1986,
p1, 10-14, por
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25644
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For 15 hours a week, Raleigh talk show host Bob Kwesell broadcasts his right-wing views to 87,000 listeners. Seven months ago, no one in North Carolina had heard of him. Now, WPTF is No. 1 in the Triangle.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 4 Issue 7, April 11-24 1986,
p1. 8-11, por
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Record #:
25649
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North Carolina has traditionally been run by only one party – the Democrats. But a new Republican presence has forced the Democrats to rethink their strategy. Gov. Jim Martin wants to his tenure to be the one which the state emerges as a genuine two-party state, especially in the legislature.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 4 Issue 14, July 4-17 1986,
p6-8, por
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25651
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THE INDEPENDENT examines the 1986 North Carolina General Assembly. The report also includes an overview of this year’s actions and an agenda for 1987’s long legislative session.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 4 Issue 14, July 18-August 14 1986,
p1, 5-10, il, por
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25655
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This year’s elections showed that diverse voters will support Democratic candidates, but only those who run tough on the issues. The political tides appears to be turning in North Carolina as a handful of Democratic candidates beat out Republican incumbents.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 4 Issue 22, Nov 21-Dec 4 1986,
p6-9, por
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25739
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As the 1987 General Assembly will return for the biennial long session, THE INDEPENDENT takes an in-depth look at what the public can expect.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Jan 29-Feb 11 1987,
p1, 5-11, il, por
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25744
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A month into the 1987 session of the General Assembly, legislation on AIDS, blacks, and communism has provoked more fear than rational thought in Raleigh. This gives a slight hysterical air to this year’s lawmaking process, which may affect the type of social legislation our leader pass.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 5 Issue 5, March 12-25 1987,
p7-9
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25745
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North Carolina’s political leaders and the N.C. Constitution say all children have a chance for equal education, no matter where they live. The legislature has adopted a plan to spend $735 million to upgrade North Carolina’s public schools. But a profile of Chapel Hill Senior High and Bertie High explains why the new Basic Education Plan won’t close the gap between rich schools and poor ones.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 5 Issue 6, March 26-April 8 1987,
p1, 11-15, por
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Record #:
25749
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In the past, North Carolina’s cities and counties have been run by all-white governments. But now, 22 years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965, local government structures are changing so that blacks can finally get elected. At least 30 local governments are in the process of changing to systems that are no longer solely inclusive of white politicians.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 5 Issue 8, April 23-May6 1987,
p7-11, por
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25756
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The 1987 General Assembly’s freshman class consists of 22 Democrats, seven Republicans; four are women and four are black. The newcomers tilted the legislature to the right; but as individuals they tilt in all directions. THE INDEPENDENT takes a look at how the three freshman from the Triangle (Rep. Sharon Thompson, D-Durham; Rep. Bill Freeman, D-Fuquay-Varina; and Sen. J.K. Sherron, D-Raleigh) emerged this session.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 5 Issue 14, July 16-August 12 1987,
p15-16, por
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25758
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In 1986, the National Lesbian and Gay Task Force concludes that North Carolina led the nation in anti-gay incidents. Raleigh city officials are being forced to confront and issue they would rather avoid: Violence against lesbians and gay men.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 5 Issue 16, Aug 27-Sept 9 1987,
p6-8, por
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25761
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THE INDEPENDENT profiles The NEWS & OBSERVER as the paper enters the second century under the Danielses’ Family ownership.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 5 Issue 23, December 3-16 1987,
p7-12, por
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