Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen is out. What's next?
Without providing a clear reason, City Councilors fired the man who ushered Raleigh through a downtown renaissance and period of relative prosperity over the last 12 years. What is the future of Raleigh development?
Durham County
Tree trivia
Do you know what a Crotch Cut is? Consult this handy trivia guide and impress your friends with your esoteric knowledge of trees and their terminology.
Wake County
Taser death raises questions about mental health and police training
The events that unfolded that Wednesday morning highlight a lack of mental health training for police officers, as well as a need for safer Taser policies, according to some mental health and legal advocates.
Orange County
In clash over mental health care, anti-immigrant policy draws feds' scrutiny
The Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether Cardinal Innovations violated the law by denying undocumented immigrants mental health care.
News Feature
A 278-year-old error over the N.C.–S.C. border is riling residents
Unceremoniously marked 278 years ago with a stone here or a notch on a tree there, King George's boundaries leave a portion of Fred Berlinger's Polk County home in South Carolina.
North Carolina
This week in disappointment: rolling back the environment, reproductive rights and more
But there is one good bill, which would allow consumers to compare hospital prices for medical procedures.
News Briefs
Some facts about worker safety in North Carolina
Nearly 150 people died on the job in North Carolina in 2011. A recent AFL-CIO report says lax health and safety standards contribute to workplace deaths.
National
When advocacy crosses the line: nonprofits, elections and the law
501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are prohibited from political campaigning, but 501(c)(4) social-welfare organizations can engage in electioneering. "It's all a big joke. Everybody's winking about this."
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