Anna Roman
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Raleigh/Wake County gov't reporter for @newsobserver , expert thumb wrestler, cephalopod fan and passionate, dedicated reporter
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Hi, all!
I am officially out on maternity leave and won't be checking this space.
Our baby girl arrived early and is spending some time in the NICU, but she's getting stronger and better every day.
Reach out to
@TriangleEditor
for
#ralpol
/
#wakepol
things.
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“First of all, I’m a Christian,” he said, his voice rising and falling with a preacher’s practiced cadence. “Second of all, I’m a Republican. And in that order”
Later the same day, the pastor drove a pickup truck through Elon, shouting “White power!”
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“The statistics say I shouldn’t be here,” Conen Morgan said in a 1999 N&O article. “But it’s not who you are, it is what you do that matters. I have decided that I will succeed.”
Read more at:
#ncpol
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Raleigh Mayor
@maryannbaldwin
has officially signed an updated state of emergency requiring people to wear masks in the city.
The order begins at 4 p.m. Friday.
#ralpol
#wakepol
#ncpol
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I know none of y'all care about my mom, but she is legitimately the cutest person.
Look how proud she is of her stained glass art display.
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A look at the crowd rallying outside the Raleigh City Council meeting. People are concerned about the recent changes to zoning rules making it easier to add duplexes, townhomes, etc across the city.
#ralpol
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I've been writing for newspapers for over 10 years now and my mom is still hyped for when I'm on the front page.
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Breaking: Council member Saige Martin has resigned, per Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin.
Working on a story.
#ralpol
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I asked two bros if they wanted to be interviewed for this and one said "I can't go down for this' and scooted away. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Debated and banned in other cities, electric scooters have arrived in downtown Raleigh
#ralpol
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Hi friends! If you're considering sharing literal fake news that mimics a real news organization, please reconsider. It's bad. And not funny.
Are we still doing the shot/chaser tweets?
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It’s official when you change your byline, right? Some of you have already guessed when I changed my socials but I got married earlier this year. It's the second most exciting thing to happen in 2024. Baby Roman is due Sept. 10.
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In personal news, meet Ziti! I'm sure he is as impressed with the newsroom as they are with him.
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Wake County just approved a resolution declaring systemic racism a public health crisis. Now
#WakeBOC
is talking about adding
#Juneteenth
as a paid county holiday.
#wakepol
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I'm blown away by the readers, subscribers and former N&O employees that have dropped by the office or reached out to us in the newsroom. We see you and it means so much.
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At the Raleigh City Council meeting where over 100 people have signed up to speak. Most people here calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
#ralpol
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All these new
#TeamPete
followers I got today are going to be disappointed when I start live tweeting the Raleigh budget work session next week.
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I hadn't planned on tweeting during this city council meeting, (I'm busy, friendos), but Nancy McFarlane just declared October as Ashley Christensen Badass month.
Is that the first proclamation with the word badass in it?
#ralpol
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When there's big breaking news on your beat but youre 3 hours away in an uber headed to a beautiful wedding.
#ralpol
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At today's Raleigh City Council meeting where 96 people have signed up to speak during public comments. Most are here to talk about a ceasefire in Gaza.
This is the City Council's public comment meeting meaning nothing else is on the agenda.
#ralpol
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He was the first black graduate of NC State. Now a campus building will bear his name.
#ncstate
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The N&O's Robert Willett took this photo during First Night Raleigh in downtown.
#HappyNewYear2023
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At the start of all this I joked about dying my hair in the sink. I'm honestly surprised it took this long.
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We're here
@RaleighSupercon
friends. Stop by Artist Alley and come say hi!
#bigvart
#raleighsupercon
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I couldn't have reported and investigated this story without the help and support from so many of my N&O colleagues. I wanted to particularly thank
@TriangleEditor
and
@robyntomlin
for their work on this story.
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Growth is your mom replying to her friends' Facebook comments with "YouTube is not a reliable source of information."
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Hi
#ralpol
friends! If you tweet me between now and early next week I may miss you.
I'm on my way to Strasbourg, France.
For work.
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I get strong Rebel Alliance vibes from Cary's new downtown park logo. Anyone else agree?
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That awkward moment when you wear a Pikachu hat in a zoom call to be funny but you wind up in an N&O video ad wearing it and NO ONE TOLD YOU THAT WAS HAPPENING.
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The story about buckets and the bus stop never would have gotten started without the help from
@_jesspeacock
, who was the first person to ask the city for a bench for Ms. Lenora.
#ralpol
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Hello from the Raleigh City Council work session where people in the crowd just shouted "WE LOVE DIX."
On the agenda? Dix Park.
So we're off to a totally normal start.
#ralpol
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I know you can't make perfect the enemy of good.
But Ms. Lenora isn't the only bus rider who deserves a seat and a shelter. She's just the one who made it on the front page.
I'm just asking you to remember everyone else still waiting in the dirt.
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In downtown Raleigh on Fayetteville Street to cover a protest in the aftermath of the murder of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
#ralpol
The portion of Salisbury Street in front of the courthouse is shut down.
Protesters call for police reform and end of police brutality.
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Another day another man in my inbox telling me how to do my job.
Happy Monday, team!
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"Are you talking? Your mic is off."
No, Google, I'm just trying to eat my popcorn in peace. Jesus.
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We've got a Triangle crossover episode.
Patrick Young, Durham's Planning Director, has just been hired as Raleigh's next Planning and Development Director.
#ralpol
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If you're running for local office and don't have a Dix Park/ Sunflower photo, are you even a
#ralpol
candidate?
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“Being Black and being female and being a person within the LGBTQ community — all those things make up the person I am,” says Raleigh's newest council member Stormie Forte.
#ralpol
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These bright green yard waste carts will start arriving at people's doors this week through July 5 (unless you opted out.)
#ralpol
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I wrote about masks and (a bit about) confedereate monuments this weekend.
In a very related noted, my voicemails are a mess this morning.
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Police ‘out of control,’ says lawsuit accusing white NC officer of framing Black teen
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The Raleigh City Council is taking a 10 minute break after nearly 50 people spoke. People have started chanting ceasefire now during the break.
#ralpol
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The star of the festival is the music. But art and food were critical parts too at
#DreamvilleFest
#dreamville
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Our son, Bakicius Zitith Romanus, Esquire, the third, first of his name, graduated from his canine good citizen class today. We already knew he was a good boy but now he's got a ribbon to prove it.
(Maybe we took this too far 🙃)
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Former Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker has some thoughts about long-term planning, scooters and ADUs:
"Council has got to accept change (and) make it work for the city. Instead of just saying 'no, no.' We're not doing that."
#ralpol
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This is the face "keeping you informed in unprecedented times"
You're welcome everyone!
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Also shoutout to all the city employees who DMed me the email about Ruffin Hall retiring. Y'all the real MVPs. Keep that energy up for all news tips. 😂
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My neighbor has been playing eye of the tiger on repeat since 7:30 a.m. Almost an hour later it hasn't stopped.
This tweet is maybe a cry for help.
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Mayor brings up this "very well done" story by
@joshshaffer08
/
@ashad_hajela
She asks for $25k to create a "compassion" fund to help people who can pay daily rates but not first month rent/security deposit. It is approved.
#ralpol
Read the story here:
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The best decision I made this weekend was to go to the office to steal my desk chair and mouse.
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The Raleigh City Council just voted to change the name of the Lane Street Mini Park to "LeVelle Moton Park."
@LeVelleMoton
, head
#NCCU
basketball coach, grew up in neighborhood.
In a statement, he said this honor is deeply personal.
#ralpol
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I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed.
Why did I get a press release about Apex's town manager leaving (He's headed to Duck, NC) but not one about thier freaking armadillo?
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My original headline got axed.
Bird to Raleigh then: We're leaving April 30
Bird to Raleigh now: jk
#ralpol
Electric scooter company Bird said it was leaving Raleigh today ... but now it’s not.
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"This morning, 1 in 4 North Carolinians, an estimated 2.75 million people overall, awoke in their houses, condos and townhouses beholden to the rules of one of the state’s 14,100 HOAs."
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Downtown Raleigh's skyline is changing. Nearly 3,000 housing units are under construction or planned.
“We have more cranes over downtown than we’ve ever had. Most of them are building housing.”
More from the today's
#StateofDTR2023
:
#ralpol
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"To believe in this living is just a hard way to go."
📷 The N&O's Robert Willett
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Good morning, team! I'll be the N&O reporter covering
#DreamvilleFest
with a crew of photographers and videographers. I'll be live tweeting throughout the day.
Whether in the festival, stuck in traffic or nearby, let me know what you're seeing/hearing.
#dreamville
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Hello from the UK!
@dawnbvaughan
and I are headed to Oxford to learn about how news organizations across the world engage with their communities. I'll be tweeting updates in this thread.
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It's that time again.
I'm working on a list of questions to ask Raleigh Mayor and City Council candidates.
What are the issues you’d like Raleigh leaders to focus on? What do you want to know about the people looking to lead the city?
#ralpol
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"Turns out it’s still a very weird subset of people who show up to a three-hour planning board meeting."
^^an evergreen quote if I've ever seen one.
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I'm back at work tomorrow after a week off at the beach. I turned off all email, slack and social media notifications and it was honestly the best.
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Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin began interviewing for her new job with a construction company nine days after the company received a $6.3 million city contract.
#ralpol
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When my mom got a subscription to my school newspaper (
@ElonNewsNetwork
) I used to write her notes on her mailing labels. She just found them.
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TFW you go to your apartment's holiday party and you just want to drink the free beer, but people bring up an article you wrote. And you resist chiming in until someone says something wrong and you correct them and then they argue. So you drop that you wrote the story.
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"The rejuvenation of the Gateway Plaza shopping center off Capital Boulevard is getting a big shot in the arm."
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In our virtual staff meeting people brought their pets. I couldn't share all of them but they are making me happy.
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Me: I never answer my phone from an unknown number.
Me to me: Why aren't any of these sources answering my calls.
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Raleigh Parks is closing playgrounds and park restrooms starting Monday. Trails will stay open.
I've heard from others the playgrounds have been swamped, which is, you know, not the point.
#ralpol
#covid19nc
#covid919
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And then there is this selfie taken on the stage of the new council.
📷:
@Corey4DistrictC
#ralpol
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I have underestimated the number of little old ladies who would call and ask me to find the closest early voting site for them.
Yes, I've returned all their calls.
Shout-out to
@WakeElections
for this handy map people can use:
#wakepol
#ncpol
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Some of the new artwork at the Raleigh Municipal Building.
Details:
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Remember that time I made a Jesus joke in my lede and won an award.
Congratulations to all my N&O and H-S friends!
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