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New Democracy NC report analyzes election by race, gender, age

Jane Porter — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:11:00 -0500

Today’s Democracy NC analysis of the 2012 election results by gender, race and age has yielded some predictable results, but also some surprises.

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No smoke: Pope selected as McCrory's deputy budget director

Lisa Sorg — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:46:00 -0500

There was no white smoke flowing from Gov.-elect Pat McCrory's chimney to indicate he had selected Art Pope, one of the most powerful people in North Carolina politics, to be his new budget director. But a h/t to WRAL, which reported that the conservative millionaire will be the No. 2 man in charge of crafting the state's financial priorities.…

Bo Lozoff killed in motorcycle crash in Hawai'i

Lisa Sorg — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:16:37 -0500

(Update, 9:03 p.m.: The Indy independently confirmed Lozoff's death through a musician and friend of his in Hawaii.)

Bo Lozoff, who ran Kindness House, an intentional community near Durham for ex-offenders and spiritual seekers, was killed yesterday in a motorcycle crash in Hawai'i, where he lived, according to news reports.

Lozoff, 65, died after his 2003 Suzuki motorcycle was struck by a 1999 Lexus SUV whose driver failed to yield the right of way and pulled in front of him.…

Lincoln residents allowed to stay through December

Lisa Sorg — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:37:05 -0400

The remaining tenants of Lincoln Apartments will be allowed to stay in their homes through the end of the year, Sendolo Diaminah, a community organizer with People's Durham.

Diaminah told the Indy that Lincoln Hospital Foundation President Larry Suitt has agreed to let people remain at Lincoln during that time as long as they pay their rent in full each month.…

Philanthropy Journal hires new managing editor

Lisa Sorg — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:11:42 -0400

Over the next two months, watch for a run on moving boxes in Raleigh. Elections signal a transitional time in state government, as staffers leave their jobs and look for new places to land.…

Lincoln Apartments residents petition Durham County Commissioners over evictions

Lisa Sorg — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:30:00 -0400

This is the story of Lincoln Apartments as Southern Real Estate Management & Consultants tells it: The majority of the 50-plus households at the low-income housing community don't pay rent, or if they do, it's late. And without rent collections, the real estate company can't pay its bills and must evict all the residents, effective Oct. 31.…

Carrboro to mull Rogers Road sewer

Billy Ball — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:47:20 -0400

After years of much-bemoaned inactivity on the touchy subject of Rogers Road, leaders in Orange County seem to be on the move these days.

Two weeks ago, Orange County commissioners passed a sweeping resolution to pledge $500,000 for a long-sought community center in the low-income neighborhood vexed by an aging landfill.…

UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp to resign

Billy Ball — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:25:30 -0400

Embattled UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp is on the way out.

WRAL reported Monday morning that Thorp will step down at the close of the 2012-13 academic year, ending a watch that has been plagued by allegations of academic improprieties, primarily associated with the school's football program.…

RNC Day 5: Tossed from the Art Pope-David Koch cocktail party

Barry Yeoman — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:06:00 -0400

When I learned that Americans for Prosperity was hosting a cocktail party honoring Art Pope and David Koch during the Republican National Convention, it seemed like a natural event for me to cover. I used to write about Pope for the Independent, back when he was a state legislator from Raleigh and often the smartest (and nerdiest) Republican in the room.…

RNC Day 4: In his speech, Paul Ryan doesn't let facts get in the way

Barry Yeoman — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:51:00 -0400

In 2009, I was researching an article for AARP The Magazine about the impact of factory closings on older employers. Traveling around the country, I talked with unemployed workers who had skimped on food, lost health insurance, even suffered strokes because of the stress.…

RNC Day 3: Preparing for armed revolution

Barry Yeoman — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:23:00 -0400

I’ve covered national political party conventions since 1980. I know how amped-up the rhetoric can get on both sides.…

RNC Day 2: "All the laws we have today came from Judeo-Christian views"

Barry Yeoman — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:25:00 -0400

Forty years ago, when she was a teenager, Miriam Aikens had an abortion. Then she had another.…