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Funding for Wake Schools Would Be Up 38% Over 5 Years Ago, Despite Falling Attendance
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 5:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, the Wake County Board of Education approved a revision to its library policies that would require materials to not be “pervasively vulgar” and make “age” and “grade” appropriateness a higher concern.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has officially ended the legal dispute between North Carolina's attorney general and Wake County's district attorney. The two officials, both Democrats, were battling in court over potential enforcement of a 1931 state criminal libel law.
Published: Saturday, May 27th, 2023 @ 2:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The legal battle between N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has ended. Both agree Stein's lawsuit against a 1931 N.C. criminal libel law is moot.
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2023 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case involving Wake Forest's decision in 2020 to block construction of a new charter school in town.
Published: Saturday, May 6th, 2023 @ 8:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has filed paperwork in U.S. District Court opposing N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein's motion for summary judgment in their legal dispute.
Published: Sunday, April 30th, 2023 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Building on the success of a program in Mecklenburg County, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the development of pilot community-based programs to restore the capacity of people who the courts determine are Incapable to Proceed (ITP) to trial.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 8:27 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman is asking a federal court to dismiss N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein's lawsuit challenging a state criminal libel law. Freeman says the case is moot.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 4:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to take up a dispute over the county's scrap metal contract.
Published: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 @ 11:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, all seven Democratic Wake County Commissioners expressed their full support for a compromise version of House Bill 99, a bill filed by Rep. Erin Paré, R-Wake.
Published: Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 @ 5:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state has given WakeMed preliminary approval to build a new hospital in Garner and a new mental health hospital in Knightdale. The state also approved adding beds to both Duke Raleigh and UNC Rex hospitals.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 12:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Winning teams come from high schools and universities in Durham, Mecklenburg, Orange and Wake counties
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 12:16 am
By: Governor's Office
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The proposed measure House Bill 99 would make Wake County commissioner races nonpartisan and elect commissioners by the voters in their districts rather than the entire county.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 3:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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House Bill 99 looks to modify Wake County Commissioners elections from partisan and countywide to non-partisan elections and by district. This proposed change has caused some to exaggerate the impact of the bill. So, what do the numbers say?
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 7:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 99, sponsored by Erin Paré (R-Wake), introduces an essential reform to how county commissioners would be elected in Wake County. It also makes a change that would deny voters helpful information.
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2021, the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted to redraw their own district lines and lengthen their terms. They also voted themselves 132% pay increases, more than doubling their salaries.
Published: Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 @ 10:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has closed an investigation into possible criminal libel charges against N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Friday, February 24th, 2023 @ 8:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous U.S. Appeals Court panel has upheld a lower court ruling for WakeMed in a dispute with multiple car crash victims.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 5:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman's candidacy in the 2022 election.
Published: Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Remember these numbers. $442 million and $306.7 million. Those figures represent how much money Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has received in federal covid relief funds and how much money the district has actually spent.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raleigh’s WakeMed campus had the 10th highest number of Emergency Room visits in 2020 nationwide, according to new statistics from NiceRX Health. WakeMed had 127,059 visits in total.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 @ 12:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous ruling from the N.C. Court of Appeals could reopen Wake County's scrap metal recycling contract process.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 @ 12:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Russian president Putin arrived in Minsk Monday to consult with president Lukashenko and advise Moscow's winter offensive now slated for launch the evening of January 6/7 from Belarus.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 11:48 pm
By: The Correspondent
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"We can’t wait for the housing market to stabilize itself. We need to be aggressive in our attempts to create and preserve our affordable housing," said Wake County Housing Affordability and Community Revitalization director Lorena McDowell.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 3:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County Schools implemented a student assignment program years ago to provide a more diverse educational environment and expend educational opportunity for more students.
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 @ 2:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Kane, Jr., son of successful Raleigh land developer John Kane, told Carolina Journal that he was hired Aug. 12 as a Wake County poll assistant and then dropped for vague reasons on Sept. 12.
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2022 @ 1:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Oct. 13, the Wake County Superior Court ruled in favor of Republicans that at-large poll observers would have more flexibility than precinct-specific observers, but sided with the state’s board of elections that the absentee ballot deadline could be moved to a later date
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 @ 10:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new legal brief from Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman's office defends North Carolina's 1931 law against campaign lies.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2022 @ 9:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While less than half of NC students are proficient in reading, math, and science, Wake Co. focuses on unjust goal of "equity"
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 @ 12:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, voters across the Tarheel State gained a vital win in Wake Superior Court for ensuring the integrity of our upcoming Midterm elections.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2022 @ 12:57 pm
By: Jeff Moore
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The pandemic has impacted Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS) in a variety of ways. Achievement gaps have hardened and learning loss has caused many at-risk groups to fall even farther behind.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. State Board of Elections is asking a federal court to dismiss a Republican attorney's lawsuit challenging Democratic Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman's re-election bid.
Published: Sunday, September 11th, 2022 @ 12:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When the charges were announced against Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd’s accused killers, brothers Arturo Marin-Sotelo and Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo, a charge of “possession of a firearm by an illegal alien” was included
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2022 @ 9:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County is sanctuary county for illegal alien criminals
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 8:35 pm
By: John Steed
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Representative Ted Budd (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas seeking more information on the death of Wake County Deputy Sheriff Ned Byrd
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 8:28 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The Wake County grand jury took the first step, called a "presentment," toward possible indictments connected to a campaign ad from N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2022 @ 1:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If you are covering Cheri Beasley and Wiley Nickel’s virtual conversation with the Wake County Democrat Party (WCDP), please consider the following statement from the Republican National Committee:
Published: Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 @ 9:32 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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A new court filing from N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein shows his attorneys tried to work behind the scenes with the Wake County district attorney's office in a dispute involving a campaign ad and a disputed state law.
Published: Sunday, August 21st, 2022 @ 1:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman urges the 4th U.S. Circuit of Appeals to reject an emergency motion from N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Saturday, August 20th, 2022 @ 2:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Earlier this week Keung Hui of the News and Observer tweeted that Wake County Public Schools is still recommending that all students and staff wear masks in schools
Published: Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 @ 3:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawyers for N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman offer competing arguments in the case of a disputed 1931 state election law.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 1:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker lost Tuesday to challenger Willie Rowe in a runoff for the Democratic nomination for sheriff in the county of North Carolina’s capital city. In the runoff to May’s primary election Rowe took 75% of the vote to Baker’s 25%.
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2022 @ 12:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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