Raleigh has the 15th highest homicide rate problems of major cities in the country, a recent study by WalletHub found. This ranking places The City of Oaks’ homicide issues above other notably crime-ridden cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Despite this seemingly bleak outlook for the capital city, some scholars believe WalletHub’s methodology possesses some critical flaws.
House Republicans announced on Tuesday that they will not hold any more votes this week and plan to come back into Raleigh next week. The state budget, originally expected to finalize by the end of June, has fallen victim to differing House and Senate priorities. A quick run of the vote math shows that Republican leaders are unlikely to reach an agreement this month.
Former Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski’s grandson is urging the N.C. Supreme Court to reject a case involving media access to law enforcement recordings. The recordings are tied to a traffic stop of two Duke basketball players that led to drunk-driving charges.
A media coalition is urging the N.C. Supreme Court to take up a case dealing with access to police recordings. The case stems from a 2021 drunk driving stop in Orange County involving two Duke University basketball players. The media outlets hope to pair that case with a separate complaint involving recordings of a fatal 2021 police-related shooting in Elizabeth City.
The N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled against a group of media outlets seeking law enforcement recordings of a November 2021 traffic stop involving two Duke basketball players, including Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s grandson. That stop eventually led to a guilty plea of driving while impaired from Michael Savarino.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional information about Raleigh’s red-light camera enforcement program. A court ruling this week against the funding scheme for Greenville’s red-light camera enforcement program could lead to questions about similar programs in three other N.C. cities. Raleigh, Fayetteville, and Wilmington all have red-light camera enforcement systems that could...
I arrived at the office at 9 a.m, my normal time to report to the Front Street offices of WNCN-TV, also known as NBC-17, the NBC affiliate at the time for the Raleigh-Durham media market. After graduating from Campbell University in 1995, I had been a working reporter for the new station, covering general news...
Liberal activist the Rev. William Barber is loudly calling for a special prosecutor to take over the case of Andrew Brown, who was shot after Pasquotank County deputies tried to serve him with search and arrest warrants. “Inept. Incompetent. Incapable of fixing this,” said Barber in a community protest, according to the News & Observer....
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. This report was updated to include new information. Beware of budget gimmicks: The state unexpectedly received $457 million in tax over-collections, but don’t try to spend the money, Sen. Harry Brown,...
While public schools wait for Gov. Roy Cooper to decide how classes will look this year, private schools are finalizing plans for reopening. Unlike traditional public schools, private schools — which aren’t subject to the same rules — have more leeway in deciding how to reopen. The state is requiring all school districts to develop...
