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Environmentalists Fear RDU’s Expansion Plans Will Damage Umstead | Triangulator | Indy Week
The midmorning soundtrack provided by the inhabitants of Umstead State Park—a chorus of chirping birds and humming insects—is no longer audible to the trail runners and cyclists who frequent the grounds. Nature has found itself drowned out by the roar of aircraft overhead. Pollution from a new rock quarry has damaged Crabtree Creek. A stretch of land once celebrated by naturalists now houses an endless sea of pavement sprinkled with office buildings.
Forget Politicians. Durham Wants to Talk about the Elections Process. | Triangulator | Indy Week
Most election years, you focus on politicians. But this year, the Durham City Council is taking a different spin on things. It wants to focus on process. Right now, Durham uses a nonpartisan primary; parties don't have a formal role. Instead, all candidates battle it out, and the top vote-getters move on to the general. According to council member Don Moffitt, the city spent $400,000 on elections in 2015. The city has considered tinkering with elections before.
The Woodhouse Brothers Get into a Twitter Feud, Democracy Loses | Triangulator | Indy Week
We get the feeling Christmas is going to be extra awkward at the Woodhouse home this year. Last week, state GOP executive director Dallas Woodhouse blasted an email to Republican county boards of elections members across the state, encouraging them, in so many words, to make it harder for Democrats to vote. Actually, here are his exact words: "Republicans can and should make party-line changes to early voting. ...
Crisis Pregnancy Center Files Federal Lawsuit Against Raleigh For Denying Zoning Request | News | Indy Week
Thursday, August 18, 2016 Crisis Pregnancy Center Files Federal Lawsuit Against Raleigh For Denying Zoning Request Posted by Paul Blest on Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 11:46 AM Hand of Hope, the crisis pregnancy center looking to open up a location next to an abortion clinic in Raleigh, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city for denying its zoning request. You can read the lawsuit below. We'll continue updating this story as more information comes in.
Movie Review: Neo-Western Hell or High Water Douses Black and White Hats in Texas Dust Until Everything Turns Gray | Arts | Indy Week
★★★★At its core,is a traditional Western movie featuring cops and robbers and cowboys and Indians. The “outlaws� are introduced as wild-eyed, bank-robbing brothers in the vein of Frank and Jesse James. The aw-shucks lawman has a Native American sidekick. There are hayseed banks, land barons, and even an armed posse.The film’s resonance flows from how director David Mackenzie () and screenwriter Taylor Sheridan () repurpose these tropes for a modern setting.
Early Voting in Durham County Tops 1,440 Hours Over Seventeen Days | News | Indy Week
The Durham County Board of Elections Interim Director described the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion this month ruling on North Carolina’s voter I.D. law “abrupt,” but the board is doing what it can to make the best of a less-than-desirable situation on its end. Just weeks after it finalized a twelve site, ten day early voting plan it had to amend that plan. Now it has a modified seventeen day schedule.
Breaking: Crisis Pregnancy Center Files Federal Lawsuit Against Raleigh For Denying Zoning Request | News | Indy Week
INDY. "There’s no basis for Raleigh to make the decision that they did…everything recommended approval, but politics came into play despite the future land use map that said this was how Raleigh was being planned. Our civil rights are being violated." The firm representing Hand of Hope is the Alliance Defending Freedom. The ADF was cited by Mother Jones in an April article as having created the " It’s a clear violation of federal law," attorney Noel Sterett told the.
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