Editorial notes
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The Raleigh Public Record has something to be thankful for this holiday season.
Environment
Raleigh’s ahead of the curve as state bans electronics in landfills
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Legislation passed in the last General Assembly session added computers and televisions to the list of items no longer welcome at local landfills. But Raleigh residents can already recycle most electronics.
Oak City Portraits
Competing gay marriage demonstrations
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Demonstrators for and against gay marriage rallied downtown Tuesday.
News
The tobacco buyout brings more local food to Raleigh tables
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Fresh fruits and vegetables are in season and Raleigh is awash in diverse, local offerings, but it wasn’t always this way. The recent locavore and slow food movements have stimulated demand, but our local climate, terrain and the 2004 tobacco buyout allowed many former Wake County tobacco farmers to transition to other crops.
News
Pastor talks about school board arrest
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Nancy Petty is the senior pastor at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church. She was arrested earlier this week for disrupting a Wake County School Board meeting. Petty sat down with Raleigh Public Record to talk about why she decided to participate in civil disobedience. Photo courtesy Pullen Memorial Baptist Church.
City Council
Measuring Raleigh’s sustainability efforts
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Between 2007 and 2008 the city council set three goals to make Raleigh a more sustainable city.The city’s sustainability office gave councilors an update on those efforts recently. Those goals include reducing fossil fuel consumption by city vehicles by 20 percent, setting efficiency standards for new buildings and endorsing the U.S. Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement.
News
State, city officials weigh in on why to return that census form
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RPR’s Chrystal Barlett talks with state and local leaders about what the census means for Raleigh.
Sunshine Blog
Sunshine Weekly: counting the military
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Eleven members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting a change in how the Census counts temporarily deployed service personnel based in North Carolina. Read the full letter to the president.
News
New update to RPR’s stimulus tracking project
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Check out the latest update to RPR’s Stimulus Tracking project on Department of Transportation stimulus spending in the Raleigh/Wake County area.
