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On the Porch: Lisa Sorg – Environmental News

Posted by Aaron Johnson | Nov 30, 2025 | On The Porch

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Lisa Sorg is the North Carolina reporter for Inside Climate News. A journalist for 30 years, Sorg covers energy, climate environment and agriculture, as well as the social justice impacts of pollution and corporate malfeasance. She has won dozens of awards for her news, public service and investigative reporting. In 2022, she received the Stokes Award from the National Press Foundation for her two-part story about the environmental damage from a former missile plant on a Black and Latinx neighborhood in Burlington. Sorg was previously an environmental investigative reporter at NC Newsline, a nonprofit media outlet based in Raleigh. She has also worked at alt-weeklies, dailies and magazines. Originally from rural Indiana, she lives in Durham, N.C.

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On the Porch: Sen. Natalie Murdock – Good Work for NC District 20

Posted by Aaron Johnson | Nov 23, 2025 | On The Porch

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NC Sen. Natalie Murdock is a native North Carolinian, UNC alum, and senate representative for District 20, which encompasses Durham and Chatham County. She served as Deputy Communications Director for NC Attorney General Josh Stein. She is the first woman of color under 40 to be elected to the NCGA and was elected in 2020 with over 100,000 votes. As a freshman senator she immediately filed over 100 bills that range from supporting black maternal health, expanding healthcare access for ALL to providing greater access to the ballot.

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New North Carolina Governor Issues Orders on Private Road Repairs, Housing After Helene

Posted by Associated Press | Jan 4, 2025 | State, State Government, Weather

Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — New North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein took...

Decades After the Dangers of Lead Became Clear, Some Cities Are Leaving Lead Pipe in the Ground

Posted by Associated Press | Jul 10, 2023 | World

Written by MICHAEL PHILLIS Prandy Tavarez and his wife were expecting a baby when they bought a...

Pittsboro Shares Public Comments on Water, Sewer Merger Agreement with Sanford

Posted by Brighton McConnell | Jul 6, 2023 | Development, Local Government

On June 26, Pittsboro residents shared thoughts on the draft interlocal agreement of a merger with Sanford’s water and sewer utilities.

Human Chain Formed To Help After Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse

Posted by Associated Press | Jan 28, 2022 | World

Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A two-lane bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, prompting rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from a dangling bus. The...

Biden’s $1T Infrastructure Bill Historic, Not Transformative

Posted by Associated Press | Nov 15, 2021 | World

Written by JOSH BOAK The $1 trillion infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signs into law represents a historic achievement at a time of deeply fractured politics. But the compromises needed to bridge the political divide...

It’s In and It’s Big: Senate Unveils $1T Infrastructure Bill

Posted by Associated Press | Aug 2, 2021 | World

Written by KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO After much delay, senators unveiled a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, wrapping up days of painstaking work on the inches-thick bill and launching what is certain to...

Infrastructure Deal: Senate Suddenly Acts To Take up Bill

Posted by Associated Press | Jul 29, 2021 | World

Written by LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and ALAN FRAM The Senate voted Wednesday night to begin...

Time Ticking Away, Democrats Face Wrenching Test on Agenda

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 7, 2021 | World

Written by LISA MASCARO Bracing for political trouble, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned...

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