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In North Carolina, Insider Meetings Shape Energy Lawsnew

The Energy Issues Working Group, a "605" group with little public scrutiny, includes lobbyists of all stripes and state agency employees.
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  04-19-2007  |  Politics

What a Difference Four Years Makesnew

Tough stands on issues are keeping John Edwards in the presidential race.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  02-16-2007  |  Politics

The Progressive Prescriptionnew

How the General Assembly can cure the North Carolina's biggest ills.
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  01-25-2007  |  Politics

Recuse Yourselfnew

Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong should step down from the Duke lacrosse case.
INDY Week  |  Richard Hart  |  01-11-2007  |  Commentary

Touch-Screen Voting Machines Sucknew

While I'm paraphrasing a bit, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has compiled a draft report that says touch-screen machines without a verifiable paper trail "in practical terms cannot be secure."
INDY Week  |  Kirk Ross  |  12-07-2006  |  Politics

Big Change or Business As Usual?new

We'll just have to wait and see what the new Congress brings.
INDY Week  |  Peter Eichenberger  |  11-16-2006  |  Commentary

Among the Un-Rednew

We're not becoming as Republican as (some) pundits thought.
INDY Week  |  Kirk Ross  |  11-16-2006  |  Politics

Better Ballotsnew

Design for Democracy head Marcia Lausen shows how to improve ballots.
INDY Week  |  Fiona Morgan  |  11-09-2006  |  Politics

Who Wins?new

Finally, it looks like a majority of Americans can see what the Bush administration's critics have warned for years -- that they will say or do anything, exploit any fear, invoke any prejudice to hold power.
INDY Week  |  Richard Hart  |  11-02-2006  |  Commentary

Fault Linesnew

It's city slickers versus country folk in Orange and Chatham County redistricting proposals -- or is it?
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  10-19-2006  |  Politics

Moving Racism Off City Propertynew

Raliegh's delayed reaction to sanitation workers' unprecedented work stoppage has shown the city to be little short of a share-cropping community imbued with reactionary racism.
INDY Week  |  Peter Eichenberger  |  10-12-2006  |  Commentary

District 13 Shocker!new

Vernon Robinson, the conservative challenger to U.S. Rep. Brad Miller, is using sex to get votes in new ads, but he still has an uphill battle.
INDY Week  |  Mosi Secret  |  10-12-2006  |  Politics

The Sheriff of Nottingham Returnsnew

People are working harder, earning less, and the rich are raking it in -- where's Robin Hood when we need him?
INDY Week  |  Hal Crowther  |  10-04-2006  |  Commentary

Terror Goes Both Waysnew

Is there an example in American history of the police reacting to a radical threat and not making things worse?
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  09-07-2006  |  Commentary

We're Defeating Ourselvesnew

Five years after the 9/11 attacks, no victory, no historical closure has been achieved -- far from it.
INDY Week  |  Godfrey Cheshire  |  09-07-2006  |  Politics

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