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The Wake County Board of Commissioners received a report from a 2016 Wake County Commission for Women study on women's employment issues. The results show major gender-based wage gaps among employees in Wake County.
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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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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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