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'A DREAM COME TRUE': Habitat dedicates new home in Hamlet
HAMLET — For Mark Carlisle, owning his own home instead of renting is a “dream come true.”
U.S. Attorney’s Office announces partnership with Justice Department’s new initiative to combat redlining
GREENSBORO — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina announces its partnership with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division as it launches the department’s new Combatting Redlining Initiative.
OPINION: Mortgage discrimination claims are bunk
A few weeks ago, the Associated Press and a nonprofit journalism outfit called The Markup released a dataset and news stories purporting to prove the existence of pervasive discrimination against racial minorities by mortgage lenders. The McClatchy newspapers in North Carolina (The Charlotte Observer, The News & Observer in Raleigh, and the Herald-Sun in Durham) splashed the Markup/AP findings across their front pages and contributed additional reporting about the North Carolina-specific data.
Habitat dedicates home in Hamlet
HAMLET — The paint wasn’t quite dry Thursday during the dedication of Amber Baldwin’s new home through Habitat for Humanity of the N.C. Sandhills.
