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Dan Kane

@dankanenando

I'm on the News & Observer's investigative team. I monitor X but I post on Bluesky: @dpkane.bsky.social. Email: [email protected]

 Raleigh, NC
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Joined May 2011
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🐔 Tomorrow: @theobserver and @newsobserver investigate NC’s largest agricultural industry. After years of growth, poultry farms now raise more than 1 billion chickens and turkeys a year, generating billions of pounds of untreated waste. #BigPoultry #ncpol #ncag
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Extreme Heat Will Change Us nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
Extreme Heat Will Change Us (Published 2022)

Extreme Heat Will Change Us (Published 2022)

Half the world could soon face dangerous heat. We measured the daily toll it is already taking.

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The ⁦@NCGOP⁩ seems to have deleted this tweet about the governor marking the anniversary of the Wilmington Massacre. FWIW I reached out to their spokesman to ask why they thought there was something wrong with the governor acknowledging the anniversary. No response. #ncpol
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In March I FOIA'd for complaints against Night Hawk, which by then had received several million dollars from Durham County taxpayers. I got them months later - after commissioners approved a $4.1 million contract. Here's what commissioners didn't know: bit.ly/3zPzroX
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Exclusive: Durham County pays millions for security contractor despite dozens of complaints newsobserver.com/news/local/…
Durham County pays millions for security contractor despite dozens of complaints

Durham County pays millions for security contractor despite dozens of complaints

A security company has a history of missed work, unanswered alarms and guns passing through courthouse and jail checkpoints.

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The NC Supreme Court sped up political cases in 2014 with little controversy. This year it's a different story, @will_doran & @carlibrosseau report. newsobserver.com/news/politi…
The NC Supreme Court has been speeding up political cases. Is it because of the election?

The NC Supreme Court has been speeding up political cases. Is it because of the election?

Using a rare procedural move, the Democratic-majority NC Supreme Court has sped up political cases to hear them before this year’s elections, when Republicans could take back the majority.

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Former NC Court of Appeals judge Doug McCullough, who was on the bench for most of the 2000s and 2010s, has died, reports former #ncpol Supreme Court justice Bob Edmunds in a tribute to his friend ncapb.foxrothschild.com/2022…
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There’s only one contested local race in Durham this November. Here’s who’s running. @maryhelenmoore reports. newsobserver.com/news/politi…
There’s only one contested local race in Durham this November. Here’s who’s running.

There’s only one contested local race in Durham this November. Here’s who’s running.

Incumbent Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead is finishing his first term. Retired FBI agent Maria Jocys, a gang expert, wants to replace him.

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NC sheriff resigns as DA sets up to present evidence for removing him from office, @carlibrosseau reports. newsobserver.com/news/politi…
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A good detail from @dankanenando, illustrating how some gun "thefts" are really black market sales 1. "North Carolina, like many states, does not require gun owners to report thefts" 2. "states that require reporting show a reduction in gun trafficking" newsobserver.com/news/politi…
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In the past decade, the #NCGA has loosened restrictions on who can get guns and where they can be carried. How's that playing out? A bill sponsor has an interesting answer. #ncpol bit.ly/3N282pd
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Suspended after racist comments, NC sheriff sticks with re-election campaigning, @carlibrosseau reports. newsobserver.com/news/state/…

Suspended after racist comments, NC sheriff sticks with re-election campaigning

Days after a judge’s order stripped him of his office, the suspended sheriff appeared in a county parade, leading a department convoy.

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Shooting victim James Thompson: Laid-back youth who found his place on basketball court. @MarthaQuillin reports. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
James Thompson, 16: Raleigh shooting victim was a fan of basketball, cooking, fishing

James Thompson, 16: Raleigh shooting victim was a fan of basketball, cooking, fishing

In the first funeral for victims of Raleigh’s mass shooting, the 16-year-old is remembered as a young entrepreneur interested in all sports.

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At sunrise, a familiar Raleigh neighborhood wakes to a tragedy. @joshshaffer08 & @skyoutbriout report. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
Live updates of Raleigh shooting: Police identify 5 victims, including off-duty officer. @kristensuzettee reports. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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Police officer, others shot to death in northeastern Raleigh. Shooter remains at large. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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Beyond the headlines: Most companies that get NC incentives miss job, investment goals. @skyoutbriout reports. newsobserver.com/news/busine…
Beyond the headlines: Most companies that get NC incentives miss job, investment goals

Beyond the headlines: Most companies that get NC incentives miss job, investment goals

Since 2003, when the state launched its main incentive program, 164 companies have exited their economic commitments early.

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Walmart rescinds its miscarriage drug policy after pharmacy board says it misread laws, @teddyrosenbluth reports. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
Walmart rescinds its miscarriage drug policy after pharmacy board says it misread laws

Walmart rescinds its miscarriage drug policy after pharmacy board says it misread laws

This comes a month after an N&O investigation revealed the new policy was wrongly limiting women’s access to a drug prescribed after miscarriages.

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NC rapper, 2nd man got life for killing 9-year-old boy. Why the 3rd defendant didn’t. @virginiabridges reports. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
NC rapper, 2nd man got life for killing 9-year-old boy. Why the 3rd defendant didn’t.

NC rapper, 2nd man got life for killing 9-year-old boy. Why the 3rd defendant didn’t.

The judge had to weigh Dival Magwood’s participation in the killing of Z’Yon Person of Durham against the help Magwood provided in prosecuting the case.

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Members of congress call on Walmart pharmacy to rescind its NC miscarriage drug policy, @teddyrosenbluth reports. She first exposed this policy. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
Members of Congress call on Walmart pharmacy to rescind its NC miscarriage drug policy

Members of Congress call on Walmart pharmacy to rescind its NC miscarriage drug policy

After a News & Observer report found that Walmart pharmacists were limiting access to a miscarriage drug, North Carolina lawmakers expressed concern.

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