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In this article the author is discussing the push for lifting the ban on the construction of accessory dwelling units, backyard cottages, in Raleigh. Residents of Raleigh are lobbying to lift the ban on accessory dwelling units so that they can rent their houses out, more affordable housing, having elderly family members live close by, college housing, and places where additional family members can live. City officials and other residents argue that it can cause the neighborhoods to become crowded, increased light pollution, rowdy residents, and that the ADU’s might not match the surrounding homes.
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In this article the author is discussing a case where a protester scratched a sheriff, who was counter protesting, and could be facing legal action. The protesters in the article is Rann Bar-on and the sheriff is Terry Johnson. Rann’s legal counsel is seeking to get a change of venue for the case because they believe that they judge and jurors would be biased against the protester because the sheriff was a like elected official in the county. One piece of evidence of the biased nature of the case was the sheriff and district attorney was post billboards regarding the case which showed their political relationship.
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In this article the author is discussing how others view John Mace, youth pastor, teachings about inclusivity and progressivism in Christianity. The comments about John range from agreeing, disagreeing, and agreeing with some of what he says. One commenter states that the church does not need someone like John because he says he does not fully believe in the bible and is only doing this to gain popularity with the younger generations. Another commenter states that they love John’s view and teachings but does not like how it is trying to separate between right and left politics and thinks it should include everyone. The views on John’s teachings about the bible very from each end of the spectrum but many fall in the middle.
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In this article the author is discussing a North Carolina based charter flight company, Aero, being involved with CIA and the transport of suspected terrorists. Aero is a charter flight company based in Smithfield, NC that uses the local public airport to take off at. In the article Abou Elkassim Britel talks about his experiences with being detained and tortured because the CIA suspected him to be a terrorist. Critics called Aero flights “torture taxis” and demand that the NC government would investigate this situation but the government responded by ignoring the requests. Aero uses public airports which mean that these flights are paid and funded by tax payer money. This cause the creation of NCIT, North Carolina-based Commission of Inquiry on Torture.
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In this article the author is discussing the implications from made from scratch school lunches to the more modernized premade and heated up school lunches. One of the debates was that finding funding for school lunches was hard because it would normally cost $2.91 to make a single school lunch, the student paid $2.60 for the lunch, and if it was a free lunch the state would only pay back $2.50. The author argues that this impacts students from lower economic backgrounds because these students normally eat through free lunch programs. Lastly, the author discusses that the two major reasons that school lunches became a thing was to teach children about nutrition but to also Americanize immigrant children.
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In this article the author is discussing a new policy being implemented across the UNC system. The new policy was put in place by the UNC Board of Governors and this new policy stated that if any protests on campus disrupt or hinder a speaker, meeting, or class, sanctions can be put on the protesters. This can include suspension, banning from campus, and expulsion. Many professors and students alike disagree with this new policy and have petitioned to get it removed.
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In this article the author is discussing how elderly in nursing homes do not have the voice to speak up for themselves and this job was taken over by the government. The author states that this voice has been getting weaker over the years. How the government helped elders in nursing home was through Medicare and Medicaid setting strict regulations on how these nursing homes ran. Medicare and Medicaid are responsible with fining these nursing homes that put their residents in harmful and dangerous conditions for extended periods of time. Bill lamb states that these big nursing home corporations view fines and the consequences of doing business instead of looking at them as reasons to correct their mistakes. The Trump administration at the time put an 18-month moratorium to allow provides to gain education on what is expected out of health a safety practices for the residents in the nursing homes. This was in contrast to the Obama administration policy of giving out heavier fines for long-term resident facilities that broke health and safety policies. Issues stated against the Trump Administration policy was that providers are spending more time trying to comply with the policies rather than spending time caring for the residents. Others state that even though the penalties are minor to the long-term resident corporations, they are at least public. This can help people looking for the right resident facility choose wisely because these penalties can be found online at nursinghomecompare.gov.
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In the article the author is discussing how the Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants local jails to help detain and hold undocumented individuals even when they do not have any charges. The author states that Durham’s local sheriff’s office is complying with this request from ICE. Even though the Durham County Detention Facility does not work directly with ICE it has been reported that fifty-seven people were taken into ICE custody on detainer request from the sheriff’s office. In 2016 it was forty-nine and in 2015 it was thirty-two.
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Since 1979, Camp Kaleidoscope has been a fun-filled place where residents of Duke University Children's Hospital could visit during the summer and participate in youth activities that normally seemed to be "far out of reach." Although this program has seen 40 years of success, a new lawsuit has surfaced, accusing Duke of "covering up a disturbing incident" that forced the camp to shut down.
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The author discusses how individuals that are dealing with mental health issues in Wake County could have benefited from the $14-million return from the Alliance Behavioral Healthcare which is a publicly funded organization in Wake County.
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In this article the author is discussing the perspective of Tom Wenger, 72-year-old soccer player, of how Durham has very few soccer fields compared to their large population. This perspective can be heard from other resident soccer players from local and national teams. The argument is that Durham should double the amount of soccer fields so that a larger portion of the population will have a field to play on. Right now there are nine fields to play on but some believe that that number should be twenty-three fields.
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The main argument made by the author is that the women that get the proper healthcare have fewer child deaths. The author states that research shows that mothers that have proper prenatal care have a lower chance of having infant death. In North Carolina it is still risky to have childbirth because too many women do not have access to proper prenatal care. The author states that this can be remedied if North Carolina expands Medicaid. Statistics show that infant mortality rates in the state was 753 to 895 per year over the past decade. Rates have not really declined since 2007. One in five women of reproductive age reported to not have health insurance. Uninsured women do not have the same resources and counseling like their insured peers.
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In this article the author is discussing how there are plans for a new housing trust in Durham that they want to be funded through private donations. Mayor of Durham Steve Schewel gave his hour-long city address to talk about planting trees and was them to help take care of some decade’s old disparities. Under the leadership of Phail Wynn, the vice president of Durham’s regional affairs is trying to start a housing trust which are not very common. The unique part of this is that they are trying to get the housing trust funded through private donations.
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In this article the author is discussing how Durham city council was going to revamp their bus system but take away the free busses. GoDurham says that the proposal will have more simplified services and be adding an all-day service. GoDurham states that to be able to provide a fare free service they would need to look for more funding. Before the city council has been funding two-thirds of the $1.1 million bill and Duke covered the remainder. Recently Duke has cut their funding which means less funding going to the annual costs of transit.
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In this article the author is discussing the events of the mass shooting on Valentine’s Day. The author talks about how Wayne LaPierre, executive director of the NRA, argues that we need guns to protect the people from bad guys and that the left are trying to take their guns away. During this the victims of the shooting are begging for lawmakers to create stricter gun laws. The author states that people think that will this mass shooting help change the minds of lawmakers to put stricter gun laws in place. Republican state representative Larry Pittman stated that we need to get over this gun craze and arm our teachers to protect schools. Which is a position that the NRA has advocated for many years.
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