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James Brigman, a pastor in Rockingham, North Carolina, is walking to Washington D.C. to deliver a message about the Senate’s proposal to cut Medicaid funds. Brigman has a daughter with a rare medical condition who relies on Medicaid for health insurance. The Medicaid cut would have a significant impact on about one-million children in North Carolina.
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United States Representative David Price, a Democrat who represents Wake and Orange counties, is trying to improve environmental standards for North Carolina’s hog industry. In late May, Price introduced a bill called the Swine Act, which would encourage the development, certification, and adoption of environmentally sustainable waste-management technologies.
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To mitigate the effects that large infill houses may have on adjacent homes, the city's unified development ordinance limits the height of new construction close to a home of more than twenty years’ existence. In a mid-century Raleigh neighborhood, developers are constructing houses that violate those limits.
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Durham County has one of the highest eviction rates in North Carolina. For those most vulnerable to rising rents and gentrification, eviction creates a cycle of debt, poor credit, and instability. A new program aims to provide those facing eviction with the resources they need to stay in their homes and keep an eviction judgment off their rental histories.
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Beach music, as it's known in North and South Carolina, has history stemming from doo-wop, soul, and rhythm and blues of the 1950s and 1960s. Carolina beach music has a distinct style known as tropical rock, which is meant for people to dance and be social. It’s specific kind of dance, called the Carolina Shag, is the official state dance of North Carolina.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 26, July 2017,
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Rang Rajaram started DISHOOM in Durham four years ago, bringing Bollywood-inspired music and Indian culture to the local dance-party scene. Parties happen about four times per year, offering bhangra dance lessons, psychedelic visuals, and re-mixed music to a crowd of over four-hundred people.
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In the past five years, the Triangle has welcomed a wave of independent pizzerias. Pizzeria Faulisi, which opened in Cary last March, makes itself distinct with its homemade Italian pizza traditions and inventive culinary skills. The owners, Zach and Amber Faulisi, say keeping it simple is the foundation of Italian food, yet one of the trickiest styles to pull off.
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Durham choreographer Justin Tornow leads the dance group COMPANY in her latest work, No. 19/Modulations, which premieres this week both inside and outside of 21c Museum Hotel Durham. The innovative performance incorporates the multimedia work of almost ten other artists, including Tornow’s partner, visual artist Heather Gordon.
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In the past election, the maps that decided the current North Carolina General Assembly--and the presidential winner for the state--were found unconstitutional. This week, the North Carolina legislature must draw new maps to combat racial gerrymandering.
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At the base of a Confederate statue known as Silent Sam on the University of North Carolina, a community of students has come to protest the monument. Although the University says it cannot remove the monument without approval of the North Carolina Historical Commission, under a 2015 law, students vow to not leave the site until Silent Sam is removed.
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The North Street Neighborhood in Durham, North Carolina has become an example of community living and the cohousing movement in the Triangle. Filled with families, singles young and old, and students, the Neighborhood shares common spaces and appliances, while residents also gather for meals and meetings.
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The Raleigh News and Observer has decided to move from more obligatory stories to reader-focused coverage. However, this has led to the removal of some substantial columns, including art journalism.
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State Representative Jimmy Dixon gave a speech that was similar to Abraham Lincoln speech during the 1859 Wisconsin Agricultural Fair. This speech was for a bill being passed that protects pig farmer and the effects the farms have on residents and the environment. Dixon was seen as accepting money from the “Big Pork industry.”
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In this article Joseph Golden got a phone call that accused him of voting in two different states for the same election. Allegations like this all started coming after Roy Cooper won the election against Pat McCory. Republicans around this time was filling out voter protest forms will allegations that votes were coming from dead voters, felons, and people voting in multiple states. It was seen as attempts to discredit the election.
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In this article the author discusses the connection and blame being tied with Donald Trump during the Charlottesville incident. The author states that Trump did not murder Heather Heyer because she was ran over by a new-Nazi named James Fields Jr. This article highlights Trumps blame for sparking this fire through supporting racists, the KKK, and white supremacists. One big factor the article discusses is Trump allowing individuals from these groups to be a part of his team in the White House.
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