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Three woman, all undocumented immigrants, are on a hunger strike in downtown Raleigh. They want Senator Kay Hagan to sign up as a cosponsor to an immigration reform bill currently up for debate in Washington DC.
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.
The debate over the proposal for a new public safety center is back in full swing. Plus, Raleigh could have a new tax on electronic gambling machines soon.
Council preview: the public safety center proposal is back at council this week, plus a stimulus grant, a $50k loan for a new downtown coffee shop and a new tax on gambling machines.
The Raleigh Public Record is experiencing difficulty obtaining all of the documents encompassed in a public records request that we made to the Wake County Public School System in March. Our request returned 1,700 initial pages of emails.
The Raleigh City Council had a full house for its budget hearing Tuesday evening. Councilors also passed changes to the rezoning process.
The Raleigh City Council will hold its annual budget hearing Tuesday evening. During the afternoon council members will tackle community gardens, the Little River Reservoir and more. Photo: The Wedge Garden in the Pullen Park neighborhood. Photo by Jessica Tisdale.
Members of the Wake County Board of Education voted 5-4 Tuesday in a second vote for community schools, ending the diversity policy based on economic status.
Council will talk about a new logo for Raleigh, the city employee health insurance plan and new rules for road races.
City councilors weigh in on closing the $8 million budget gap for the next fiscal year. They need to approve a balanced budget by the end of June.
