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Triangle-native Tracy Hollister is campaigning nation-wide against laws banning same-sex marriage. Since last year's Amendment One vote in North Carolina, Tracy has been reaching out to other states where the right for same-sex couples to marry has been on ballots. She founded Marriage Equality USA last fall, and has involved her organization in marriage equality campaigns in Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Washington, and New York to promote Federal adoption of same-sex marriage.
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The state, the city of Durham, and Guilford County court officials are being sued by six homosexual couples. The couples are trying to overturn the 2010 legislation banning same-sex marriage and to also fight for second-parent adoptions for gay couples. The article includes excerpts from interviews with the six couples with unedited transcripts available at the Indy's website.
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The state's Department of Health and Human Services has seen an increase in resignations over the last few months. The most recent is Carol Steckel, Medicaid Director, who leaves her post after only eight months. The article details Steckel's abbreviated stint as the state's Medicaid Director and future plans.
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Fracking cannot officially begin in the state for 18 months, but that has not stopped a Texas company from preliminary testing. Tar Heel Triassic Resources Inc. plans to run tests in Lee County to determine \"orientation, structure and depth\" of the state's Triassic basin. The company hopes to perform three-dimensional testing, a procedure which does not require permits through the state's Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
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The Federal Affordable Care Act becomes effective next week and approximately 1.2 million state citizens are expected to try and enroll. These individuals will attempt to seek Federal healthcare despite state lawmakers' anti-healthcare legislative motions. In conjunction with Governor McCrory, the Republican majority did not approve the Medicaid Expansion or the $74 million in federal grants which would aid in promoting and implementing healthcare within the state.
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Karl \"Butch\" Bowers Jr. is the attorney representing Governor Pat McCrory in a lawsuit filed against the state. The United States Department of Justice filed charges against the state and governor because of changes to election laws. The article outlines Mr. Bowers' connections with the Republican Party in North and South Carolina and former ties with Duke Energy, all of which present a conflict-of-interest in representing McCrory in the upcoming suit.
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Ruffin Hall is the new city manager of Raleigh. He plans to overhaul the city's transportation plan. The author reviews the political impediments to Hall and city Mayor Nancy McFarlane's plans to modernize Raleigh's transit system.
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In a lawsuit earlier this year, the less than 3,000 surviving victims of the state's eugenics policy will split a $10 million settlement. This article speaks with one of the more outspoken victims, Elaine Riddick, who describes how she was deemed a candidate for sterilization by the North Carolina Eugenics Board over 30 years ago. The author discusses the injustice of Riddick's and the other 7,600 other state citizens affected by the sterilization program, and how a monetary settlement does not repair the emotional damage suffered.
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Three Apex City Council seats will be filled after the November 5th election in Wake County. The two Democratic candidates, Jennifer Ferrel and Nicole Dozier, are introduced to readers and the author looks at these local elections to predict state-wide elections and replacing the Republican dominated legislature.
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State-wide gun control laws have superseded municipalities' ability to regulate concealment laws. Morrisville Mayor Jackie Holcombe disagrees with this state-wide statue allowing concealed guns on municipal property such as parks and playgrounds. Holcombe's mayoral opponents, Mark Stohlman and Narendra Singh, voiced their opinions about gun control as well.
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House Bill 937 was signed into law on October 1st, 2013 and is a 17-page document covering gun control within the state. One of the more controversial provisions is the concealment law which allows conceal-carry permit holders to take firearms into restaurant and bars serving alcohol. The article interviews restaurant, club, and bar owners in Raleigh and Durham who have opted out of allowing firearms in their establishments.
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Two Raleigh transit systems, Triangle Transit and Capital Area Transit (CAT), will increase fares between 2014 and 2015. The CAT buses in Raleigh fares would increase to $1.25 in 2014 and $1.50 by 2015. Likewise, the regional Triangle Transit routes increase from $2 to $2.25 and express routes from $2.50 to $3 in 2014. Higher fares are anticipated to affect low-income Raleigh residents, but transit authorities believe middle- and upper-class riders will make-up the difference.
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A state audit of the North Carolina Board of Funeral Service may causes proposed fee increases to come under legislative scrutiny. Findings from the state and reporters at Indy Weekly indicate the funeral service board mismanaged funds through excessive salary increases and renting unnecessarily lavish office space.
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Walker Ag Group plans to buy N.C. State's Hofmann Forest for $150 million. The North Carolina State Natural Resources Foundation, Inc. and N.C. State University's Board of Trustees of Endowment Fund co-own the 79,000 acres of forest near Jacksonville. The deal is slated to go through; however, an injunction hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, November 12th with proponents of the sale concerned about an agricultural interest group buying the forested property.
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Durham City Council revised two city-wide laws at Monday night's meeting. The first concerns allowing bow hunting of deer within the city limits, citing concerns over Lyme disease, crop damage, and automobile-deer accidents as reasons for the change. The council also clarified language about panhandling ordinances within the city though the practice remains illegal.
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