• Lake Norman-area residents to DEQ: Duke coal ash must go

    by Lisa Sorg
    Friday, January 18, 2019

    Sheila Holman, assistant secretary of the the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, who often seems to draw the short straw when chosen to lead a public meeting, took a poll of the residents who had filled the Sherrills Ford Elementary School gymnasium to its 452-person capacity.

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Advocates: Census citizenship question could harm already undercounted NC communities

By Melissa Boughton
1/17/2019

“Is this person a citizen of the United States?” To some that might seem like a simple question to put on the 2020 census, but to some already undercounted populations it perpetuates fear and creates a real possibility for their communities to lose resources.

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Monday numbers – a closer look at private drinking water wells post-Florence

Monday numbers – a closer look at private drinking water wells post-Florence

By Lisa Sorg
1/14/2019
Will 2019 bring an end to partisan gerrymandering?

Will 2019 bring an end to partisan gerrymandering?

By Tony Pugh
1/11/2019
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NC domestic violence laws still discriminate against LGBTQ people

By Chris Brook
1/17/2019

Same-sex couples in North Carolina won the freedom to marry in 2014, but LGBTQ people continue to be denied equal protection under the law in many other areas of life. North Carolina is currently the only state in the nation that prevents those in same-sex relationships from accessing protective orders for domestic violence.

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UNC’s Carol Folt, no longer silent on Sam

UNC’s Carol Folt, no longer silent on Sam

By Billy Ball
1/16/2019
Doubling down on secrecy: The legislature’s latest assaults on transparency

Doubling down on secrecy: The legislature’s latest assaults on transparency

By Rob Schofield
1/15/2019
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